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Fortification in Somerset, England

Castle Batch
Somerset, England
Site of Castle Batch
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Coordinates51°22′08″N 2°55′06″W / 51.3688°N 2.9182°W / 51.3688; -2.9182
TypeMotte, possible motte and bailey or ringwork
Site information
Open to
the public		Yes
ConditionOnly earthworks remain

Castle Batch was a fortification at Worle that once stood overlooking the town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England.

Details

Castle Batch was a motte constructed by the Norman lord Walter of Douai between the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and 1086. It was built on a ridge above the surrounding area, with a mound that is now 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 42 metres (138 ft) across, surrounded by a ditch up to 10 metres (33 ft) wide. The entrance was probably on the north side of the motte. A possible bailey has been identified alongside the motte. Although typically characterised as a motte, the mound has a slight indentation in the centre and archaeologist Stuart Prior considers the mound to have been a ringwork.

Around 1200 the estate belonged to William De Courtney and by 1303 by John de Beauchamp.

In the 21st century the site forms part of local parkland, and is protected by law as a scheduled monument.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Castle Batch" (PDF). Extract from English Heritage's Record of Scheduled Monuments. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 9 January 2013.; Prior, Stuart (2006). The Norman Art of War: a Few Well-Positioned Castles. Stroud, UK: Tempus. p. 71. ISBN 0752436511.
  2. "YCCCART 2011 / Y9: North Somerset HER 2011/205, Castle Batch, Worle" (PDF). Yatton, Congresbury, Claverham and Cleeve Archaeological Research Team. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. Prior, Stuart (2006). The Norman Art of War: a Few Well-Positioned Castles. Stroud, UK: Tempus. p. 71. ISBN 0752436511.; "Castle Batch" (PDF). Extract from English Heritage's Record of Scheduled Monuments. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. Dunning, Robert (1995). Somerset Castles. Tiverton, UK: Somerset Books. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0-86183-278-1.
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