| Today, only the lower sections of this 13th. Century castle
remain. It was built in about 1220 by Randulph de Blundevill, Earl of
Lincoln. However, by 1815, the last remaining part - the gatehouse - had
collapsed.
The original walls were in an irregular hexagon with round towers on
five of the corners. The gate was two towers built about three metres
apart. Leading to a portcullis further inside, was a drawbridge spanning
the moat. The moat encircled an area about 80 metres in diameter. The
six walls were two metres wide and varied in length from 15 to 30 metres
long.
Henry Bolingbroke was born here in 1366; he later became Henry IV, king
of England. |
