The Gatehouse website record for Newbold on Avon

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

Alleged Medieval castle earthworks. There were no traces visible during field investigation in 1967. PastScape does not give detailed map ref but location 100m west of church and near significant river crossing so could be a castle site. "W of Newbold on Avon church and churchyard are the remains of earthworks, hardly discernible unless specially pointed out, being the site, as it is supposed, of one of those small castles, hastily erected in the wars between the Empress Maud and King Stephen, and demolished in the reign of Henry II (1154-89)."

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP485771

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 337527
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 3337 '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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