Description

NZ 71 NW LOCKWOOD KILTON THORPE LANE (off east
side), Kilton

4/75 Remains of Kilton Castle
c.30m east of Castle
25.5.66 Cottages.

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Remains of C12 castle, built for tenant of Count de Mortain; partly rebuilt
in C13; abandoned in C14. Coursed random sandstone rubble and dressed
sandstone; roofless. Long, narrow, roughly-rectangular plan, projecting
eastwards into deep ravine. Causeway at west end flanked by remains of
moat. Remains include lower 2 storeys of north, east and west walls of
tower at north- east angle of inner bailey. Rectangular plan with segmental
north end. Cross-arrowloop in north side; fireplace with moulded corbels
in ground floor of west wall. Lower parts of C13 bastion, between north-
east tower and basement of north and west walls of C13 great tower,
projecting from north curtain. 2 storeys of north and west walls of C12
banqueting hall at north-west angle of outer bailey. Lower parts of C12 and
C13 curtain walls to east side; and rubble core of lower parts of south
curtain wall. Ancient Monument No.22. V.C.H. North Riding of Yorkshire,
Vol.2, 1923, pp.327-29

Listing NGR: NZ7028617572

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Kilton Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17529372

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair