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Boconnoc near Lostwithiel

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Blekennok prope Lastydyall

In the civil parish of Boconnoc.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Possible tower mentioned by William Worcs. A possible site might be the location of Boconnoc House (SX146605) which is a C16/C17 house, this may be a rebuild of an earlier high status building.

This site has been described as a Tower House. .The term Towerhouse is much used and loosely defined, some authors use it for any type of tower house, including pele towers, and there is, indeed, a continuum in size and status between these buildings. However, I more closely define a Towerhouse as a form of Fortified Manor House where all the accommodation is in one tower, often has a parapet along the top of the tower, turrets and other defensive features. Although the residential buildings form one tower this would usually have had a court of ancillary buildings. This is a high status building and usually a manorial centre. Unsurprisingly for high status buildings these sites are often named castle.

The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

Sources of information, references and further reading

• Books

  • Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p47 [slight]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p77

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• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

  • Harvey, J., 1969, William of Worcester Itinerarii 23

   

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