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Bolingbroke Castle is a late medieval fortress located in the parish of Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, constructed during the fourteenth century as a stronghold of the de la Pole family. The castle is defined by its distinctive hexagonal plan with six towers, a design that reflects contemporary military architecture of the period. It held considerable political significance as the birthplace of Henry IV in 1366, an event that connected the site intimately to the subsequent Lancastrian dynasty. Though substantially ruined by the seventeenth century, the surviving earthworks and masonry foundations preserve evidence of its original defensive capabilities and aristocratic status.
Bolingbroke Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008318. View the official record →
Bolingbroke Castle is a late medieval fortress located in the parish of Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, constructed during the fourteenth century as a stronghold of the de la Pole family. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008318.
Bolingbroke Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008318.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Hall Hill (1.3 km), Bowl barrow 800m north east of the Manor House (3.7 km), Eresby Hall: the remains of a post-medieval house and gardens overlying a medieval manor house (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bolingbroke Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bolingbroke Castle stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.