Rochdale Castle
Rochdale Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (Vorlage:Gbmapping).[1] It was built in the period shortly after the Norman conquest of England.[2] The motte is Vorlage:Convert at the base; the bailey is rectangular and lies to the south and measures Vorlage:Convert by Vorlage:Convert.[1] The defences consisted of an earth rampart and ditch. The castle was abandoned in the early 13th century.[1] It was documented in 1322.[3] Buildings have been erected over the castle bailey and in the 19th century a house was built on the motte.[4]
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References
- Bibliography
- Vorlage:Cite document
- Caron Newman: Medieval Period Resource Assessment. In: Archaeology North West. 8. Jahrgang, 2006, ISSN 0962-4201, S. 115–144.
- ↑ a b c Rochdale Castle. Pastscape.org.uk, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2008.
- ↑ Rochdale Castle. The Gatehouse - the comprehensive gazetteer of the medieval fortifications and castles of England and Wales, abgerufen am 31. Januar 2011.
- ↑ Cathcart King (1983), p. 247.
- ↑ Newman (2006), p. 140.