Hailes Castle was a castle in the village of
Hailes in
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
, England.
The castle was built around the 11th or early 12th century near the church in the village.
[National Monuments Website]
accessed 19 December 2010. The castle was moated, although this has since been filled in.
[ The castle was strengthened by Ralph of Worcester at the start of the difficult years of ]the Anarchy
The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Duchy of Normandy, Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adel ...
, with Hailes Castle playing a role in the conflict between 1139 and 1145.[Walker, p.15]
National Monuments Website
accessed 19 December 2010. The castle was probably demolished in the 1240s to make way for the construction of Hailes Abbey
Hailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, Gloucestershire, Hailes, two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of Beaulieu Abbey. The abbey wa ...
.[
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See also
* Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 105 ...
* List of castles in England
This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform to a strict definition of a castle as a medieval fortified residence. It is not a list ...
References
Bibliography
*Walker, David.
Gloucestershire Castles
'' in ''Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society'', 1991, Vol. 109.
Castles in Gloucestershire
Stanway, Gloucestershire
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