More information : (SO 335442) Bredwardine Castle (NR) (remains of) (NAT) Fish Pond (NR). (1)
Bredwardine Castle, motte and bailey, has an oblong-shaped bailey with site of the keep, 78 ft by 45 ft, at the S end.Further S are two fishponds, a trackway and two small mounds (see plan). At SO 330445 (2) a square building on a mound was excavated, circa 1956 by the landlord of the Red Lion. Between the two sites are two dams, (2-4) probably fish or mill ponds.
SO 335443 Bredwardine Castle, No change. SO 33534428 Two fishponds SO 33574424 A roughly rectangular mound 1.5 m high, excavated in 1956.(a) SO 33584415 A cairnlike mound of stone and earth, 1.3 m high, possibly an outwork to the castle. SO 33604410 A pond bay, the dam being 2.5 metres high. A hollow-way runs from this pond bay to the fishponds. Published Survey 25" revised. (5)
SO 336440 A further Md site, probably the site of the earliest Castle.(6)
Excavation in process. (7)
The earthwork remains of the bailey enclosure of Bredwardine Castle described by the previous authorities was seen centred at SO 3351 4438 and mapped from aerial photographs. The enclosure is elongated and aligned N-S, visible for c.200m. (8)
Additional references. (9-10) |