Ruardyn Castle

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title: "Ruardyn Castle" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["castles-in-gloucestershire"] description: "Castle" topic_path: "general/castles-in-gloucestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruardyn_Castle" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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name	Ruardyn Castle
location	Ruardean
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Ruardyn Castle was a manor house in the village of Ruardean. Its ruins have been scheduled as an ancient monument.

It was originally a manor house built in Norman times, but because of its strategic importance it was crenellated in 1311 and became a castle. The castle suffered major damage during the English Civil war in the 17th century.

Nowadays, little remains of the castle, just large mounds with some stone wall surviving on the steep bank side. By the size of the landscape that it once stood, it is suggested that it was of considerable size. Its ruins can be found in the field behind St. John the Baptist church.

References

References

1. "Ruardean Castle". Historic England.
2. "Ruardean Castle". Gatehouse.
3. "Ruardean Castle". Dean Web.
4. "MONUMENT NO. 111753". Historic England.

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