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Kingsholm Palace is a Norman royal residence site located in Gloucester, established in the late eleventh or early twelfth century. The palace served as an important administrative and ceremonial centre for the Crown, with several medieval kings holding court there and conducting significant state business within its precincts. The site has yielded archaeological evidence of substantial stone and timber structures characteristic of high-status Norman architecture, though the palace was largely abandoned by the later medieval period. Today the location is marked by earthworks and buried remains that testify to its former importance as a seat of royal power in the Welsh Marches.
Kingsholm Palace (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002074. View the official record →
Kingsholm Palace is a Norman royal residence site located in Gloucester, established in the late eleventh or early twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002074.
Kingsholm Palace (site of) 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 1002074.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hempsted village cross (3.2 km), Matson moated site (4.1 km), Moated site at Sneedham's Green, 220m north east of Green Farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kingsholm Palace (site of)'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.
Kingsholm Palace (site of) stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.