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) |