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Old Bolingbroke is located off the A155 between Coningsby and Spilsby in Lincolnshire. The car park is situated on Moat Lane. The field adjacent to the castle which includes an earthwork believed to be linked to the castle is also accessible. Grid ref: TF 3492 6492. Opening Times. The site is open from dawn until dusk all year round. Facilities.
Bolingbroke Castle was one of three castles built by Ranulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, in the 1220s after his return from the Crusades (the others being Beeston Castle, Cheshire, and Chartley, Staffordshire). After Blundeville’s death, the castle remained in the ownership of the Earls of Lincoln and was later inherited ...
Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive. List entry 1008318. Grade Not applicable to this List entry. Scheduled Monument: Bolingbroke Castle. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
Bolingbroke Castle. Visit the remains of a 13th century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Bolingbroke Castle was one of three castles built by Ranulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, in the 1220s after his return from the Crusades (the others being Beeston Castle, Cheshire ...
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The village of Old Bolingbroke is about as rural as a location comes in the English countryside. Situated close to the threshold of the Lincolnshire Wolds in the East Lindsey district, the village is surrounded by fields and woodland for miles in every direction. This is the setting for Bolingbroke Castle, which is set within the quiet village. Rea...
The story of Bolingbroke Castle begins in 1220, when Ranulf de Blundeville, the Earl of Lincoln at the time, returned from the Crusades and ordered its construction. Hexagonal in shape, and with a central courtyard encircled by its curtain walls and six towers, the castle is typical of defensive structures of its day. It was one of three castles co...
Decades of abandonment saw Bolingbroke Castle recede into little more than a grassy mound. But in the 1960s, archaeologists began to excavate the site. In 1995 the site was taken over by Heritage Lincolnshire, who continue to do an immaculate job of preserving the ruins today. The remains of the castle stand within the village of Old Bolingbroke, b...
The grounds of Bolingbroke Castle are open to the public and free to visit. Villagers came and went as we toured the grounds, walking their dogs, while curious visitors also arrived to peruse the ruins. You can visit during any daylight hours. If you arrive towards the end of the day and happen to catch a colourful sunset, it douses the castle rema...
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The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
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