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Between 1960 and 1963 the Braybrooke Castle was demolished as it was in poor condition. What remains are the earthwork and buried remains of a medieval moated manor known as Braybrooke Castle and its associated enclosures and water control features.
The earthwork and buried remains of the moated site, which measures 80m square, lie within a larger rectangular enclosure bounded by a ditch to the east, a ditch and bank to the south, and a pond to the west and north.
The ditch enclosures form part of a water management system associated with the moated manor and include ponds, fish breeding tanks, and further water channels.
To the north of the moated site is a large rectangular pond. At the eastern end is a smaller pond joined to the moat by two channels which form two sides of a small raised island.
To the west of the moated site are a series of interconnecting fish ponds that take the form of rectangular mounds surrounded by ditches. Three fish ponds have shallow depressions or ponds within them which have been interpreted as fish-breeding tanks where small fish were kept until they were large enough to be transferred into the main pond.
A further dry, rectangular pond is visible to the south. The area to the east of the moat site is divided into a number of small enclosures or paddocks.
To the south east of the moated manor site are the remains of a further moated site.
The earthwork and buried remains of the moated site, which measures 80m square, lie within a larger rectangular enclosure bounded by a ditch to the east, a ditch and bank to the south, and a pond to the west and north.
The ditch enclosures form part of a water management system associated with the moated manor and include ponds, fish breeding tanks, and further water channels.
To the north of the moated site is a large rectangular pond. At the eastern end is a smaller pond joined to the moat by two channels which form two sides of a small raised island.
To the west of the moated site are a series of interconnecting fish ponds that take the form of rectangular mounds surrounded by ditches. Three fish ponds have shallow depressions or ponds within them which have been interpreted as fish-breeding tanks where small fish were kept until they were large enough to be transferred into the main pond.
A further dry, rectangular pond is visible to the south. The area to the east of the moat site is divided into a number of small enclosures or paddocks.
To the south east of the moated manor site are the remains of a further moated site.
Braybrooke Castle's history dates back to 1100
1100 to 1300
The Braybrooke Castle was first mentioned mid 12th century. The acquisition of timber for castle building work was recorded in 1213, and a garden in 1292. 1200 documents mention fish ponds in use.
1300 to 1400
Between 1303 and 1304 Thomas de Latimer was granted a licence to strengthen his manor house at Braybrooke and documentary sources indicate the moated house was constructed at this time and described as a castle in 1361.
Between 1329-30 there was mention of a water filled moat.
Between 1329-30 there was mention of a water filled moat.
1400 to 2000
The manor passed to the Griffin family in the early 15th century. The castle buildings were used as a farmhouse from 1549-50.
Braybrooke castle was in good repair in the 16th Century. Sir Thomas Griffin entertained Queen Elizabeth I in August 1564 and King James I came to visit in 1605.
In the early 17th Century, the castle appears to have been used as a Dower House for the Griffin Family who lived at Dingley Hall. The farm house, built on the castle site after 1633, was occupied until the early 1900's.
A mid-C17 farmhouse stood on the site until demolition between 1960 and 1963.
Braybrooke castle was in good repair in the 16th Century. Sir Thomas Griffin entertained Queen Elizabeth I in August 1564 and King James I came to visit in 1605.
In the early 17th Century, the castle appears to have been used as a Dower House for the Griffin Family who lived at Dingley Hall. The farm house, built on the castle site after 1633, was occupied until the early 1900's.
A mid-C17 farmhouse stood on the site until demolition between 1960 and 1963.
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