Peterborough Castle
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Peterborough Castle |
| location | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
| coordinates | |
| gridref | |
| map_type | Cambridgeshire |
| map_size | 200 |
| map_caption | Shown within Cambridgeshire |
| type | Motte and bailey |
| condition | Earthworks only survive |
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Peterborough Castle, also known as Mount Thorold and Touthill, was a medieval motte and bailey castle in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
Details
Peterborough Castle was built by Abbot Thorold of Peterborough, a Norman appointed to the post by William the Conqueror. A motte and bailey design was erected close to the cathedral, in what is now the Dean's garden. Thorold built the castle to protect himself against the monks in the cathedral, during the turbulent post-conquest period. The castle was destroyed by the 12th century abbot Martin de Bec.
Today only the motte survives of the castle and is now between ten and twelve metres high. The castle has scheduled monument status.
Bibliography
- Armitage, Ella. (1912) The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. London: John Murray.
References
References
- Armitage, p.185.
- Armitage, p.186.
- ''[http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2992.html Mount Thorold, Peterborough]'', Gatehouse website, accessed 21 May 2011. {{webarchive. link. (10 October 2014)
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