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Knightlow

In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
  Confidence: It is doubtful that this site was a medieval fortification or palace.   Uncertain remains.
Possible motte mentioned in 1884 as near Kenilworth, 'on the bank of the Avon'. May be Motslow Hill, Stoneleigh (qv). King writes Knightlow is name of a hillock at SP4073 not near Kenilworth or on the Avon. Camden writes "Stoneley, where King Henrie the Second founded an Abbay, and just over against it stood in old time a Castle upon Avon called Stoneley-holme, built in Holmeshul, which was destroied when the flaming broiles of Danish warres under King Canutus caught hold of all England." Again could be Motslow Hill, Stoneleigh but I can't associate with a Holme placename.
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