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Remains of Huntington Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in Huntington, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1774 / 52°10'38"N

Longitude: -3.1006 / 3°6'2"W

OS Eastings: 324839

OS Northings: 253804

OS Grid: SO248538

Mapcode National: GBR F2.4TTM

Mapcode Global: VH77F.6JQP

Plus Code: 9C4R5VGX+WQ

Entry Name: Remains of Huntington Castle

Listing Date: 16 October 1967

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1157544

English Heritage Legacy ID: 150665

ID on this website: 101157544

Location: Huntington, County of Herefordshire, HR5

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Huntington

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Huntington

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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HUNTINGTON CP HUNTINGTON
SO 25 SW
1/110 Remains of Huntington
Castle
16.10.67
- II

Castle remains. C13, or earlier origins, repaired in 1403, abandoned
in 1460 (although one tower still in use as prison in 1521). Sandstone
rubble. Earthworks consist of a motte 40 yards in diameter and three feet
high with an oval inner bailey to the north-east and a crescent-shaped
outer bailey also to the north-east. The inner bailey is approached by a
causeway on the east side which probably marks the site of a former gate-
house. The bailey was enclosed by a curtain wall; one fragment of this
wall survives to the west about 20 feet high. Also part of a C13 tower
remains to the north with a small chamber in the adjoining section of
curtain wall. This chamber has traces of a window and two small recesses
in the west wall. In the south part of the tower are the remains of a stair-
case or corridor. The castle was in the possession of the Braose, Bohun and
Stafford families during the Middle Ages. Ancient Monument County no 98.
(RCHM, III, p 75-6, item 2; BoE, p 198).


Listing NGR: SO2483953804

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