The Gatehouse website record for Winkleigh; Court Castle

In the civil parish of Winkleigh. In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).

Motte and bailey situated at the eastern edge of the village of Winkleigh. Survives as an oval-shaped, flat-topped motte with a rectangular mound on its north eastern corner, a ditch which is well defined to the north and west of the motte, but which survives as a buried feature elsewhere, and a D-shaped bailey which has been incorporated into the gardens of the nearby Winkleigh Court. The motte measures 92m long from north to south and 67m wide at its base. The ditch surrounding the mound is evident to the north and east. During C18 a brick-built banqueting house was erected on the summit of the motte. Thought to date to the late C11 or early C12, when William II passed the land to Robert Fitz Roy, later the Earl of Gloucester.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS63320822

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 34208
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