Bottreaux Castle [Bottreaux Botreaux Boterel The Courte], Forrabury

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Site of the motte and bailey Botreaux Castle which stood atop the hill in

Norman times. Sadly, the castle itself fell into decay and no longer

stands tall, however, local sources say that much of the stone from the

castle was incorporated in building the village.

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The last member of the Bottreaux family died in 1462, and the castle soon fell into decay. In 1478, William Worcester mentioned Bottreaux Castle only as a manor house,^[3] John Leyland visited the castle in 1538, but the castle was likely demolished before he visited; he commented on the ruins, calling them "far unworthie the name of a castel; the people there, call it the Courte."^[4] In c.?1600, Richard Carew noted that it was once used as a unisex prison.^[3] He wrote:

"The first place which heere offreth itselfe to sight, is

Bottreaux Castle, seated on a bad harbour of the North sea, &

suburbed with a poore market town, yet entitling the owner in times

past, with the stile of a Baron, from whom, by match it descended to the

L. Hungerford, & [121] resteth in the Earle of Huntingdon. The

diuersified roomes of a prison, in the Castle, for both sexes, better

preserued by the Inhabitants memorie, then descerneable by their owne

endurance, shew the same, heeretofore to haue exercised some large

iurisdiction."

Bottreaux Castle - Wikipedia

Bottreaux Castle (pronounced "Botro"), [1] colloquially known as The Courte during the time John Leyland visited, and later known as Boscastle Castle, is a ruined motte and bailey castle in Boscastle, England. [https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bottreaux_Castle

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Bottereaux Castle is located in a

public park in Boscastle, off the B1345. 14 miles south-west of Bude on

the A39-B3263. The site is freely accessible in daylight hours. Car

parking is by the side of the road.[