Weston Turville Castle

It is uncertain when the castle was built. In 1086, the manor of Weston was held by Roger, tenant of Odo of Bayeux. By the mid-12th century, the manor was in the hands of Geoffrey de Turville. The earliest surviving mention of a castle at Weston Turville is in a rare charter relating to castle guard dated to around 1145, at which point it was under Geoffrey's control. It may have been Geoffrey that instigated the castle's construction or it could have been earlier. Archaeologists found pottery at the castle that dates from the late 11th or early 12th century. Geoffrey de Turville was loyal to the earl of Leicester; Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester joined a revolt against Henry II.…

Weston Turville Castle consists of a mound or (a motte) with two attached enclosures (baileys): one to the south and one to the east. The motte is 22 ft tall, and Yeoman suggests that it would have originally been 1 to taller; its base has a diameter of 192 ft. The baileys and motte are all enclosed by ditches, and the ditch around the motte contains a spring. The eastern bailey measures 80 by.