Lyde Castle

  • Pipe and Lyde, Herefordshire.
  • OSGB – SO 497 439.

 

Possible motte and bailey. Irregular shaped platform. Foundation stone on site.

 

11th C                          Mentioned as being the site of a motte and bailey castle.

1225-1250                   Mentioned as being the site of a motte and bailey castle.

14th C                          Mentioned as being the site of a motte and bailey castle.

1883                            ‘Castle Head’s the name given to the field above the castle.

1976                            Discovered by D. Whitehead.

 

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