HAYNE CASTLE

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HAINE CASTLE

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The alleged site of Hayne Castle, marked on historic maps of 1884 and 1906. More recent sources suggest that there is no evidence of a castle having stood on this site.

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(SX 42448658) Haine Castle (GT) (site of) (1)

Hayne Castle. (2)

No historical information available. The site is now under plough and there are no surface remains. (3)

The OS 2" and 6" (1907) appear to be the only documentary evidence for this castle. The OS siting is located on a hilltop. (4)

Nothing visible on air photographs. (5)

According to White's Devonshire Directory published in 1850, Haine Castle was said to have been 'a large quadrangular mansion, in the castellated style, erected 40 years ago'. (Circa 1810) (6,7)

On the 1884 OS Map, scale 1:2500, the site of Haine Castle is marked at SX 4238886375. (8)

On the 1906 OS Map, scale 1:2500, the site of Haine Castle is marked at SX 4238886375. (9)

It is likely that in his Devonshire Directory, White mistakenly identified the country house located nearby as Haine Castle. This house was built circa 1810 and according to its listed building description has the battlemented parapet White indicates. (10)

According to the author of this website, it is unlikely that a castle stood on this site and that the historic maps may have been incorrectly annotated. (11)

This article states that there is no evidence for a castle having stood on the site marked as Hayne Castle on OS maps. (12)

On page 160 of this source is an engraving of Haine, the nearby country house, dated circa 1820. In the distance is an unidentified building on a hill. (13)

According to correspondence from a PastScape user, it is a possibility that the unidentified building on top of a hill in the engraving featured in source 13 may have been Haine Castle. (14)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 2" No 28, 1803-07

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1907

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FDC 24-FEB-51

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 MJF 04-JUN-73

( 5) Aerial photograph

A/P. (RAF. CPE/UK/1995 12,28, 1229; 13.4.47

(6) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

(7) 1850 White's Devonshire Directory

(8) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500, 1884

(9) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500, 1906

(10) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

(11) World Wide Web page

Davis, P. (2010). The Gatehouse: Hayne Castle http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/3775.html [accessed 19-MAY-2010]

(12) Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Exploration Society

46 Page(s)146

(13) Todd Gray (ed.) 2001 Devon Country Houses and Gardens Engraved: Volume 1

Page(s)160

(14) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

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