Castle Tump, Dymock

Castle Tump today

Castle Tump was a castle in the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England.

The castle was built in either the 11th or more probably the early 12th century as a motte and bailey design.[1] The motte today is 14 m high, with the traces of the bailey to the south-east.[2]

During the Anarchy the castle was given to William de Braose, the son-in-law of the powerful Miles de Gloucester.[3] After the conflict the castle is believed to have probably been destroyed by Henry II as part of a wider programme of castle denigration in Gloucestershire during the 1150s.[4]

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References

  1. National Monuments Record website, accessed 19 December 2010; Fry, p.44.
  2. National Monuments Record website, accessed 19 December 2010.
  3. Renn, p.180.
  4. Amt, p.44.

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Coordinates: 51°57′42″N 2°25′16″W / 51.96167°N 2.42111°W / 51.96167; -2.42111

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