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Oversley Castle

castle in Warwickshire, England, UK
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Oversley Castle

Summary

Oversley Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1].

Key Facts

  • Oversley Castle is located in Alcester[2].
  • Oversley Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Oversley Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle[4].
  • Oversley Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Oversley Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SP0841655920[6].
  • Oversley Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 52.2014, 'longitude': -1.87826, 'precision': 1e-06}[7].
  • Oversley Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[8].
  • Oversley Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[9].
  • Oversley Castle's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Christopher Jones[10].
  • Oversley Castle's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Graham Eyre-Morgan[11].
  • Oversley Castle's historic county is recorded as Warwickshire[12].

Body

Geography

Oversley Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[3]. It is located in Alcester[2].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include motte-and-bailey castle[4] and archaeological site[5]. Oversley Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Excavations in the outer enclosure of Boteler's Castle, Oversley, Alcester, 1992-3. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Excavations in the outer enclosure of Boteler's Castle, Oversley, Alcester, 1992-3. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Significant event → archaeological excavation, slighting, archaeological excavation
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11cn8x_ygx
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