| 词条 | Stowey Castle |
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|name = Stowey Castle |location = Somerset, England |coordinates = {{coord|51.1490|N|3.1637|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |gridref = {{gbmapping|ST187395}} |image = |caption = Stowey Castle |map_type = Somerset |map_size = 200 |map_alt = |map_caption = Shown within Somerset |type = Motte and bailey |materials = |height = |condition = Earthworks remain |ownership = |open_to_public = |battles = |events = }}Stowey Castle (or Nether Stowey Castle known locally as The Mount) was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built in the 11th century, in the village of Nether Stowey on the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] DetailsThe Castle is sited on a small isolated knoll of Leighland Slates of the Devonian series, about {{convert|390|ft|m|0}} high. It consisted of a square keep, (which may have been stone, or a wooden superstructure on stone foundations) and its defences, and an outer and an inner bailey.[2] The mount is {{convert|29|ft|m|0}} above the {{convert|6|ft|m|0}} wide ditch which itself is {{convert|7|ft|m|0}} deep. The motte has a flat top. Central area occupied by approximately square foundations {{convert|33|ft|m|0}} by {{convert|33|ft|m|0}} with internal divisions.[3] Alfred of Spain is the Norman Lord of Stowey recorded in Domesday and the building of the castle is normally attributed to him or to his daughter Isabel. The earliest written reference to the castle is in a forged charter of 1154.[4]The top of the motte was excavated by amateurs in the 19th Century but no record was made of any finds. The mounds around the top of the motte are assumed to be spoil heaps from these excavations to clear the foundations of the keep, although it has also been suggested that they may be the remains of towers.[5] The blue lias rubble foundations are the only visible structural remains of the castle which stood on the conical motte surrounded by a ditch approximately {{convert|820|ft|m|0}} in circumference.[6] The castle was destroyed in the 15th century, which may have been as a penalty for the local Lord Audley's involvement in the Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 led by Perkin Warbeck.[7] Some of the stone was used in the building of Stowey Court in the village.[8] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Stowey Castle|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=189462|work=Pastscape National Monument Record|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=24 July 2011}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/netherstowey/orientationleaflet_v2_2.pdf |title=Nether Stowey Castle orientation leaflet |accessdate=2008-03-11 |format=PDF |work=Quantock Online }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/11402 |title=Stowey Castle, Nether Stowey |accessdate=2008-03-11 |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }} 4. ^{{cite journal|last=Dunning|first=R W|title=The Origins of Nether Stowey|journal=Somerset Archeol Natur Hist|year=1981|volume=125|pages=124–6}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Riley|first=Hazel|title=Nether Stowey Castle Survey Report|year=2004|publisher=English Heritage|ISSN=1478-7008}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=268896 |title=Remains of Keep to Stowey Castle |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Images of England }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/netherstowey/netherstowey1.html |title= Nether Stowey|accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Quantock Online }} 8. ^{{cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0-7091-1158-4 |pages= }} 3 : Castles in Somerset|Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor|Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Sedgemoor |
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