More information : [TF 16854961] Kyme Tower [G.T.] Moat [G.T.]. (1)
Kyme Tower, of mid 14th c date, is the keep, 77 feet high, of the castle built by Gilbert de Umfraville (1310-1381), 3rd Earl of Angus whose father had married Lucy, the heiress of William of Kyme. The rest of the building which stood on the south side and communicated with the tower at first floor level was pulled down c.1720. The moat is waterfilled. For air photograph see AO/LP/63/296. See also TF 14 NE/1). Scheduled. (2-8)
See GP AO/64/370/7. AO/65/17/5. Published survey (25") revised. (9)
Fortified tower. Mid C14 with additions, removed c.1725. Built for Sir Gilbert de Umfraville. Coursed limestone ashlar. 4-storey, square tower 77 ft high, with square projecting stair tower at the south-east corner which rises slightly higher than the main tower. This tower is the earliest of a series of fortified towers built in this part of Lincolnshire, it is the only one built of stone, the later ones like Tattershall Castle, The Tower on the Moor at Woodhall Spa, the Hussey Tower at Boston and Rochford Tower at Skirbeck are all built of brick. (10)
Listed by Cathcart King. (11)
Kyme tower and its associated earthworks are visible on air photographs. The tower sits on a mound and is surrounded by a moat on the north, north-east, west and south-west sides. In places the moated enclosure has a substantial outer bank, surviving particularly well along the south-west side. The Ordnance Survey depicts a ditch on the eastern side, but this is somewhat masked on air photographs, by shadows. The moated enclosure contains other internal features besides the tower and mound. It is not certain if these embanked features forming rectangular enclosures relate to the site of other demolished buildings. To the east of the tower and the moated enclosure are two ponds, labelled fishponds on the OS map. There are other ditches and banks adjacent to the ponds, which may be later drainage and enclosures of medieval or post medieval date. (12-13) |