What did Weoley Castle
look like? - A reconstruction
drawing of Weoley Castle
The picture
below shows how Weoley Castle
could have looked around 1424.
It has been drawn by Brian Byron,
an archaeological illustrator.
He devised this picture using:-
- photographs of the
present ruins
- ground plans
- a description of
the castle written in 1424
- advice from David
Symons, Curator with Birmingham
Museums and Art Gallery,
and Mike Hodder the City
Archaeologist
- his own extensive
knowledge and expertise in
castle reconstruction drawings
There is
a lot we don't know about Weoley
Castle. This picture is a 'best
guess' as to how it could have
looked. Features
like the well are easily identified.
Ovens and hearths are evidence
of bakehouse and kitchen. But
it is not so easy to tell what
some buildings were used for.There
was certainly an outer bailey
beyond the drawbridge. It is
not clear how (or if) the walls
joined the current castle ruins. |
