Ullerwood Castle

Ullerwood Castle
Ringway, Greater Manchester, England
Site information
Type	Motte-and-bailey castle
Owner	Hamon de Masci
Condition	Destroyed; site built over
Location
Ullerwood Castle Location in Greater Manchester
Coordinates	53°21′01″N2°18′02″W / 53.3504°N 2.3005°W / 53.3504; -2.3005
Site history
Built	11th–12th century (probable)

Ullerwood Castle is an early medieval castle, possibly a shell keep, in Ringway, a civil parish on the southern border of Manchester, England. ^{[1] [2]} Twelfth-century historian Roger of Hodwen included Hamon de Masci in list of rebels against Henry II in 1173 and wrote that he held the castles of Ullerwood Dunham. ^{[3] [4]} There is no other contemporary documented reference to the site. ^[3] Ullerwood Castle has been confused with Watch Hill Castle in nearby Bowdon, but the two are separate sites, though both were probably owned by the de Masci family. ^[3] The castle site lies beneath a house and is surrounded by trees. ^[5]

See also

• List of castles in Greater Manchester

References

1. Davis 2017
2. "Ullersford Castle". Pastscape.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
3. Nevell 1997 , pp. 33, 35
4. Roger of Howden 2012.
5. Newman 2006, p. 140.

Bibliography

• Davis, Philip (26 July 2017). "Ullerswood". Gatehouse. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
• Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council with the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN   1-870695-25-9.
• Newman, Caron (2006). "Medieval Period Resource Assessment". Archaeology North West. 8: 115–144. ISSN   0962-4201.
• Roger of Howden (2012) [1867], Stubbs, William (ed.), "Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi", Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi benedicti abbatis. The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, AD 1169–1192, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139225618.005, ISBN   978-1-108-04875-0