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Peterborough Castle

Peterborough Castle

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Peterborough Castle, also known as Mount Thorold and Touthill, was a medieval motte and bailey castle in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Peterborough Castle was built by Abbot Thorold of Peterborough, a Norman appointed to the post by William the Conqueror.[1] A motte and bailey design was erected close to the cathedral, in what is now the Dean's garden.[2] Thorold built the castle to protect himself against the monks in the cathedral, during the turbulent post-conquest period.[3] The castle was destroyed by the 12th century abbot Martin de Bec.[3]

Today only the motte survives of the castle and is now between ten and twelve metres high.[3] The castle has scheduled monument status.[3]

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Bibliography

  • Armitage, Ella. (1912) The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. London: John Murray.

References

  1. [1]
    Armitage, p.185.
  2. [2]
    Armitage, p.186.
  3. [3]
    Mount Thorold, Peterborough, Gatehouse website, accessed 21 May 2011. Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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