Tregoney Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Tregony

In the civil parish of Tregoney.
In the historic county of Cornwall.
Modern Authority of Cornwall.
1974 county of Cornwall.
Medieval County of Cornwall.

OS Map Grid Reference: SW92294475
Latitude 50.26623° Longitude -4.91552°

Tregoney Castle has been described as a certain Timber Castle, and also as a probable Masonry Castle.

There are no visible remains.

Description

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)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 429927.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 24346.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Tregony History
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
Periodical Articles
- 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)
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- 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
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- County Record Office Truro No X256/7 (A detailed contemporary description of the clearance of 1862, together with a plan)

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