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Maxey Castle

Coordinates: 52°39′53″N 0°19′49″W / 52.6648°N 0.3304°W / 52.6648; -0.3304
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Maxey Castle
Maxey, Cambridgeshire, England
grid reference TF129088
Maxey Castle is located in Cambridgeshire
Maxey Castle
Maxey Castle
Coordinates52°39′53″N 0°19′49″W / 52.6648°N 0.3304°W / 52.6648; -0.3304
TypeFortified Manor House
Site information
ConditionMoat earthworks remain

Maxey Castle was a medieval fortified manor house castle in Maxey, Cambridgeshire, England.

Details

Maxey Castle was built around the 1370s by William Thorpe near the village of Maxey.[1] The castle had a double-moat, possibly designed as a flood defence, with a central keep within a bailey wall with corner towers.[1] Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and of Derby, and mother of king Henry VII lived here in the fifteenth century.

Today only the partial remains of the moats survive of the castle, which have scheduled monument status.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Maxey Castle, Gatehouse website, accessed 21 May 2011.
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