Radford Semele

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are uncertain remains

NameRadford Semele
Alternative Names
Historic CountryWarwickshire
Modern AuthorityWarwickshire
1974 AuthorityWarwickshire
Civil ParishRadford Semele

Nothing is known of: Semele (Harvey). (King 1983)

Gatehouse Comments

Possible a reference to some earlier building on site of Radford Hall, which was the manor house, at SP341647. However Gatehouse suspects this was a reference to a supposed large mound, at Frizmore Hill on the Fosse Way NW of Ufton, described by Burgess as a barrow. If this and if this was on the Fosse then just possibly used as a motte as part of control of a major route - although such military use is highly conjectural, based on military views of Norman rule and not much supported by actual evidence. Nothing in either Dugdale or the VCH suggests a castle at Radford Semele. Nothing in PastScape or Warwickshire HER to support a barrow at Frizmore Hill.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSP349620
Latitude52.255069732666
Longitude-1.490149974823
Eastings434900
Northings262000
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 486 (possible)
  • Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1951, VCH Warwickshire Vol. 6 p. 200- online transcription
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Burgess J T., 1876, Historic Warwickshire p. 227-8 online copy

Antiquarian

  • Dugdale, Wm., 1656, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (Thomas Warren) p. 291-3 online copy