- Cymbeline's Castle
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Cymbeline's Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in woods north of Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire, England. The name associates it with the ancient British king Cunobeline (Cymbeline), although this may be a Victorian invention.[1] (There is also a theory that the nearby Kimble villages (Great Kimble, Little Kimble and Kimble Wick) are named after Cymbeline;[2] however, this has been discredited, as the etymology of Kimble is a description of the hill rather than a name.[3])
It is said that if you run around this mound seven times, the devil will appear.[4]
References
- ^ "Extract from English Heritage's Record of Scheduled Monuments". Magic.gov. http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/27143.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "Kimble". visitoruk.com. 2005. http://www.visitoruk.com/historydetail.php?id=3892&f=Aylesbury. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Flavia Hodges, A. D. Mills and Adrian Room (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Ray Quinlan, The Greater Ridgeway, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6xlwJwtYWPwC&pg=PA150
Categories:- Castles in Buckinghamshire
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