Hartshill Castle
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Hartshill Castle was a castle in the village of Hartshill on the outskirts of Nuneaton, Warwickshire (grid reference SP325942).
It was built as a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century by Hugh de Hardreshull in 1125. Robert de Hartshill was killed alongside Simon de Montford in the Battle of Evesham in 1265 and the castle fell into disuse. In 1330, it was rebuilt by John de Hardreshull.
In the 16th century, Michael and Edmund Parker founded a fortified, castellated, four-gabled timber-framed manor house in the north east angle of the bailey. The greater part of the house has collapsed.
The earthworks of the castle and remains of the house are still present. The site is privately owned.
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- Hartshill Castle 1
- Hartshill Castle 2
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- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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