Bourne Castle

Bourne Castle was a castle in the market town of Bourne in southern Lincolnshire (grid reference TF095199).

For the castle folly in Worcestershire, see Castle Bourne.

Remains of Bourne Castle in Wellhead Park.
Bourne Eau in South Street.
Shippon Barn
Grade II listed building, possibly incorporating "arrow slit" windows from the former castle.[1]

A Norman castle was built by Baldwin FitzGilbert (son of Gilbert Fitz Richard, of the De Clare family). In medieval times there was motte and double bailey castle which formed an unusual concentric plan. The castle was destroyed after being used by Cromwell's troops in 1645 and a farmhouse was built on the site. Traces of the enclosed mound and inner and outer moats (forming part of the Bourne Eau) are all that now survive.[2]

The land the castle occupied is now a park, known as the Wellhead Park, owned by the Bourne United Charities and is open to the public.[3]

The first reference to Bourne Castle was in the 1179/80 Pipe Roll. There are other mentions of Bourne Castle throughout its history including the IPM (Inquisition Post Mortem) and the Close Rolls.

References
  1. Historic England. "Shippon Barn (Grade II) (1241937)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. Historic England. "Bourne Castle (348162)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. Needle, Rex (2010). "Well Head park". Bourne United Charities. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  • Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.
  • Armitage, E S (1912). Early Norman Castles. pp. 107–8.
  • Cope-Faulkner, Paul (April 2002). Archaeological Watching Brief During Pipeline Trenching at Bourne Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire (BCD 01). Vol. Report No. 85/02. Archaeological Project Services.

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