Tregoney Castle

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte), and also as a Certain Masonry Castle

There are no visible remains

NameTregoney Castle
Alternative NamesTregony
Historic CountryCornwall
Modern AuthorityCornwall
1974 AuthorityCornwall
Civil ParishTregoney

Site of motte and bailey castle. The castle was built by Henry de Pomeroy on behalf of John, Earl of Cornwall, in the time of Richard I (1189-99). The castle was still standing in 1540 and the castle walls are mentioned in 1643. it was later pulled down and a manor house erected on the site. The final clearance of the castle mound and ditches took place in 1862. There are no visible remains. (PastScape)

There are no remains of Tregoney Castle and no way of proving which of either of the plans produced in 1848 and 1862 is correct. But whether it had a single or a double bailey, the area occupied, is probably exaggerated. (PastScape–ref. Field Investigators Comments-F1 NVQ 23-SEP-77)

Gatehouse Comments

It is also likely that whatever masonry building was on the site was a modest building of limited defensive capacity.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSW922447
Latitude50.2662315368652
Longitude-4.91552019119263
Eastings192290
Northings44750
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 6
  • Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p. 136-43
  • Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 44
  • Spreadbury, I. D., 1984, Castles in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Redruth)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 76
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 18 online copy
  • Polwhele, R., 1803, History of Cornwall (London) Vol. 1 p. 209-15 online copy

Antiquarian

  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England  (Sutton Publishing) p. 86
  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1907, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 1 p. 322 online copy

Journals

  • Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 143 p. 316
  • Preston-Jones, Ann and Rose, Peter, 1986, 'Medieval Cornwall' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 25 p. 135-185 online copy
  • Johnson, N.D., 1979, 'Watching Briefs and Small Excavations' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 18 p. 135 online copy
  • Sheppard, P.A., 1968, 'Cuby Checklist' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 7 p. 97 online copy
  • Henderson, 1960, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. 3 p. 455
  • MacLauchlan, 1848, Royal Institute of Cornwall 30th report p. 22-3 plate xviii (plan)

Other

  • County Record Office Truro No X256/7 (A detailed contemporary description of the clearance of 1862, together with a plan)