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Monument Number 429927
Hob Uid: 429927
Location : Cornwall Tregoney
Grid Ref : SW9229044750
Summary : Site of motte and bailey castle. The castle was built by Henry de Pomeroy on behalf of John, Earl of Cornwall, in the time of Richard 1 (1189-99). The castle was still standing in 1540 and the castle walls are mentioned in 1643. It was later pulled down and a manor house erected on the site. The final clearance of the castle mound and ditches took place in 1862. There are no visible remains.
More information : (SW 92294475) Castle (NR) (site of) (NAT). (1) Tregoney Castle, a motte and bailey earthwork, built by Henry de Pomeroy on behalf of John, Earl of Cornwall, in the time of Richard I (1189-1199). The castle was still standing in 1540 and the castle and walls are mentioned in 1643. It was later pulled down and a manor house erected on the site. The final clearance of the castle mound and ditches took place in 1862. A detailed contemporary description of the clearance, together with a plan, is held in the Central Records Office at Truro. There are no extant remains. (2-4) There are no remains of Tregoney Castle and no way of proving which of either of the plans produced in 1848 and 1862 is correct. But whether it had a single or a double bailey, the area occupied, is probably exaggerated. (5) Listed by Cathcart King. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source details : Royal Institute of Cornwall Reports 1848 22-3 (H MacLauchlan) plan
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Source details : (Henderson)
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Source details : County Record Office Truro No X256/7 (plan)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 NVQ 23-SEP-77
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Source Number : 6
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built between 1189-99
Monument End Date : 1199
Monument Start Date : 1189
Monument Type : Motte And Bailey, Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Site cleared 1862
Monument End Date : 1862
Monument Start Date : 1862
Monument Type : Motte And Bailey, Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 94 SW 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-09-23
End Date : 1977-09-23

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 429927