The Gatehouse website record for Bury Castle, Brompton Regis

In the civil parish of Brompton Regis. In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Somerset, 1974 county of Somerset).

Bury Castle comprises a series of earthworks forming an oval enclosure of Iron Age. At the southern end of the ramparts is a small motte believed to be of an early C12 date. Surveyed in June 1996 by RCHME who as a result of this also believe that the site is a resused late prehistoric defended enclosure. The prehistoric enclosure measures 85m N-S by 58m E-E and is enclosed by a bank up to 4m high. There is no sign of an entrance and this was probably blocked in the medieval period. The motte is 23m diameter, placed over the ramparts, and with a ditch 6m wide encircling it. The site is apparently undocumented but it is suggested that it was probably built by William de Say before 1144, the year of his death.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS93852698

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 36540
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 33369 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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