Kingerby Castle | |
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Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England | |
Coordinates | 53°25′17″N 0°24′45″W / 53.4214°N 0.4124°W |
Grid reference | grid reference TF056928 |
Type | Motte and bailey |
Site information | |
Condition | Destroyed, replaced by manor house and later house |
Kingerby Castle was in the small settlement of Kingerby some five miles north-west of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
It was a motte and bailey castle which was burnt down in 1216 by King John of England, before being fully destroyed in December 1218.[1] The motte was then altered to form a platform for a manor house which was built on the site. In 1812 the manor house was demolished and replaced by Kingerby Hall, which still stands on the site.[2][3]