Findspot - Post Medieval canon balls
Description of this historic site
Findspot - two canon balls were found 600m south east of Beasale. They may date to the English Civil War, when it is thought that Kenilworth Castle was shelled from the area of Camphill hillfort.
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Notes about this historic site
1 In removing the timber-framed house at Camp Hill from a spot nearer the road to its present situation within the enclosure, two iron cannon balls of considerable size were found. These, I surmise, were dropped during the march of the troops to Meriden Camp during the troubles in 1745.
2 The story in Beausale is that Kenilworth Castle was shelled from Camp Hill in the Civil War and that the rival forces met at the Camp.
4 Noted in VCH.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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