More information : [TF 09461989] Castle [GT] (Site of). (1)
Traces of the enclosed mound and inner and outer moats, all that remains of the 11th century Bourne Castle, are scheduled. [See Illustrations Card.]
Bourne was held before the Conquest by Morcar, Earl of the Northumbrians, and in 1086 by the Norman, Oger. Leland, speaking of the ditches and dungeon hill, does not mention any building. Stone arrow-slits built into a barn to the north of Castle Farm are all that remains of the fabric.
The enclosure west of St. Peter's Pool may be of later date. Bourne is traditionally the home of Hereward the Wake, but there is no evidence to support this. A fragmentary motte with double bailey and associated earthworks. No masonary is in situ but arrow slits are reinserted in a stone barn at TF 09502006. See G.P. AO/65/114/4.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. (2-6)
The Medieval motte and double bailey recorded by Authorities 1-6 was seen as an earthwork and mapped from poor quality air photographs.
The following features were identified:-
The motte lies to the south of the bailey, against the north side of
the Bourne Eau. It is just visible as a slight earthwork, partially
obscured by tree cover on the south, and outlined on the north and east by the arc of a narrow ditch.
Centred at:-TF 0944 1990
(Morph No. LI.748.3.1-2)
The ditch of the outer bailey runs north from St. Peter's Pool,
turning east at TF 0936 2008 to follow the southern boundaries of properties facing West Street; at TF 0956 2010 it turns south along the west side of South Street, meeting the Bourne Eau at TF 0961 1992.
The ditch of the inner bailey follows a parallel course.
Centred at:-TF 0946 1997
Additional NGR's:
TF 0961 1992
TF 0956 2010
TF 0936 2008
TF 0933 1998
(Morph No. LI.748.3.3)
St. Peter's Pool, the enclosure to the west of it, and another
possible enclosure to the south have been separately recorded as TF 01 NE/20, 21, and 22.
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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