England · Partial ruin
Brinklow Castle
Brinklow Castle (the Tump) is a medieval motte-and-bailey site in the village of Brinklow, Warwickshire. The site comprises a large conical motte about 12 m high set within an originally very large bailey which was later subdivided by a ditch and rampart; the castle was abandoned in the 13th century. Today only the earthworks survive as a prominent grassy mound and surrounding bank and ditch.
Its prime
1150
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1150
What Brinklow Castle looked like in its prime.
A broad, steep-sided earthen motte rising about 12 metres above the surrounding plain, its summit a flattened grassy platform; the motte is set within a very large, low-lying bailey defined by an encircling ditch and earthen ramparts. Surfaces are turf-covered compact earth, with areas of scrub and small trees on the slopes and ramparts. No standing stonework remains in the photo; the silhouette is of a solitary green mound against open pasture and a thin ring of hedgerow trees.
Its story
The story of Brinklow Castle.
Brinklow Castle — known locally as the Tump — is a Norman motte-and-bailey in the village of Brinklow, Warwickshire, between Coventry and Rugby. The site was modified in the late 11th century by Aubrey de Coucy, first Norman lord of Brinklow, though he gave up his earldom in Northumbria and had lost his English lands before the Domesday Book was written in 1086.
The conical motte stands about 12 metres high within what was originally a very large bailey, later subdivided by a ditch and rampart. The castle was abandoned in the 13th century, and today only the earthworks survive — a prominent grassy mound with its surrounding bank and ditch.
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6 places to explore in 1150.
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