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Montacute Castle Royalist Action 1068

1068
England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English rebels
Forces
English rebels
VS
Victor
Norman royal forces under Count Robert of Mortain
Forces
Norman royal forces under Count Robert of Mortain
Outcome
Rebel garrison overcome; Montacute subdued
The Battle

History & Significance

A rebel garrison at Montacute held out against William I in 1068; Count Robert of Mortain besieged and reduced it as part of the Norman suppression of south-western resistance in the year after the Conquest.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Montacute Castle Royalist Action 1068

Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill.
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Site of a Cluniac priory immediately east of Abbey Farm
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Roman villa at Lufton
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Hamdon Hill camp
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
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