Malwood Castle
Malwood hillfort, Minsteadcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
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The place is described in text Cox 1738
- hillfort - Hampshire
Malwood Castle, on the North side of which is the Oak that buds on Christmas-Day and withers again before night. There is a common Tradition here, that King William Rufus was killed near this Castle, and that this Oak was the Tree on which Sir Walter Tyrrel's Arrow glanced, which is so absurd and wicked a Reflection upon God's Justice, as if he would sanctify the Place where he exercised his Vengeance upon a wicked King.
The Area or Platform of this Castle contains a great many Acres; the Form is almost square, and on its Banks or Works, which are single and not very great, there grow Oaks, and among them the miraculous one before mentioned. King Charles II. ordered this Tree to be paled in, but whether out of respect to the Tree or King Rufus, is not known.
- ancient monument, hillfort - Newforrest Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
