Remains of Keep to Stowey Castle

REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, BUTCHERS LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1059074
Date first listed:
29-Mar-1963
Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, BUTCHERS LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1059074
Date first listed:
29-Mar-1963
Date of most recent amendment:
24-Jun-1985
Statutory Address 1:
REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, BUTCHERS LANE
Statutory Address 2:
REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, CASTLE HILL

Location

Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, BUTCHERS LANE
Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF KEEP TO STOWEY CASTLE, CASTLE HILL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Nether Stowey
National Grid Reference:
ST 18687 39574

Details

STl3NE NETHER STOWEY CP CASTLE HILL (North side)

6/46 Remains of Keep to Stowey Castle (formerly listed as Stowey Castle (remains of) under General) 29.3.63

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Remains of keep. C11. Coursed blue lias rubble, forming foundation walls, some buried, of a square keep. Remains stand on a conical earthwork with a ditch approximately 250 metres in circumference. The walling is the only visible structural remains of the castle. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 56).

Listing NGR: ST1868739574

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268896
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