A 12th century motte and bailey castle. There is only documentary evidence for a bailey but the motte is about 20 feet high and looks much like a barrow. (Pastscape) The remains are visible from the road. There was in Goldington, two miles N.E. from Bedford, on the Ouse, a possession of the Beauchamps, though […]
Odell Castle
The mutilated earthwork remains of Odell Castle, a Motte and Bailey with a stone keep was described as a ruin in the 16th century by Leland. A new residence was built in 1623, using the remains of the keep and was altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The present residence was built 1962. All […]
Someries Castle
The upstanding and buried remains of the late medieval magnate’s residence known as Someries Castle and the adjacent garden earthworks. The upstanding remains include the gatehouse and chapel forming the north west wing of the magnate’s residence. Although the roof has gone, the walls survive almost to a full height. The area occupied by the […]
Eaton Socon Castle
Also known as the Hillings. Ringwork and bailey with partly underlying Saxon cemetery and settlement identified from excavations. A large horse-shoe ditch enclosing on the river side two sub-rectangular wards. Excavated 1949/50. In the northern ward were found at least 40 Saxon burials (associated with St Neots pottery) and there had probably been a settlement […]
Eaton Bray Castle
Eaton Bray once had a moated castle. The moat, today all that remains, is open to the public for fishing at ‘Park Farm’. In Victorian times Arthur Macnamara (the ‘Mad Squire’ of Billington) planned to build a mansion on the site of the castle, but ran out of money after completing the lodge at the […]