A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



The later earthworks, on the site known as the ' Castle Yard,' are 

 a quarter of a mile south of the church. They are placed in a strong 

 position, upon a triangle of land formed by the junction of two brooks ; 

 they are now much worn. At the apex of this triangle rises a low 

 mount or keep ; south of this is a courtyard, which occupies an area of 

 rather over an acre, lying between the brooks. A moat surrounds the 

 mount and the court, through the eastern side of which one of the little 



streams runs, while 

 water also stands 

 within it on the west. 

 There are remnants 

 of a rampart running 

 round inside the moat 

 upon the south side 

 of the court. Further 

 banks and ditches are 

 to be seen beyond the 

 stream to the north- 

 east, but their plan is 

 not now easily dis- 

 cernible. On the 

 summit of the mount 

 there are remains of 

 masonry, but there 

 are no visible traces of 

 stonework upon the 

 bank round the court. 

 This little mount 

 and court castle was 

 occupied by the great 

 Hastings family early 

 in the reign of Henry 

 I., and it afterwards 

 became their chief re- 

 sidence in Warwick- 

 shire. 1 



GR EDE NTON 



HILL. See Fenny 

 Compton. 



HARBOROUGH BANKS. See Lapworth. 



HARTSHILL (3 miles north-west of Nuneaton) The ancient camp 

 known as Oldbury crowns a rocky elevation, 550 feet above sea 

 level, which rises to the west of this village ; in its centre stands the 

 Georgian mansion called Oldbury Hall. The stronghold has a most 

 commanding position, overlooking the vale of Leicestershire and domin- 



1 Dugdale's Wane. p. 725 ; Clark's Mil. Archlt. vol. i. p. 8 1, vol. ii. pp. 47~ 8 ; Burgess' Wane. 

 p. 5 ; Timmins's Wane. pp. 84-5. 



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HARTSHILL. 



Oldbury Camp 



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