Culverhay Castle Explained

Culverhay Castle
Location:Englishcombe, Somerset
Map Type:Somerset
Map Size:200
Type:Ringwork
Coordinates:51.3663°N -2.405°W

Culverhay Castle, also known as Englishcombe Castle, was a castle in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset, England.

Details

Culverhay Castle was built in a ringwork design in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset.[1] The ringwork ditch and bank, up to deep, is to the east of the village church.[1] During the first half of the 13th century a stone circular keep and low curtain wall was built at the castle, along with one or two other stone buildings within the ringwork.[1] A medieval deer park may have been attached to the castle.[1]

Estimates of the date of the original building range from the late 11th century to the early 13th century.[2]

The castle site was excavated by archaeologist Nigel Pounds in 1938, and today is a scheduled monument.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Culverhay Castle , National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 11 July 2011.
  2. Book: Dunning, Robert. Somerset Castles. 1995. Somerset Books. Tiverton. 978-0-86183-278-1. 37.