Brinklow Castle
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Brinklow Castle known locally as "The Tump" was in the village of Brinklow in the county of Warwickshire between Coventry and Rugby (grid reference SP438796).
This was a Norman earthwork motte and bailey castle which was founded by Robert de Mowbray to guard the Fosse Way. It was probably abandoned by 1173. The castle itself may have stood on the site of an ancient burial mound or roman signal station.
Impressive earthworks remain.
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- Brinklow Castle 1
- Brinklow Castle 2
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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