Monument record 0168800000 - CASTLE TOWER

Summary

Medieval motte and bailey known as Castle Tower

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1009534: CASTLE TOWER: A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE 100M NORTH OF HILL HOUSE
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval motte and bailey castle

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0002 m Radius 0011
Plan Form - OVAL
Castle Tower encloses about ½ acre and is almost obliterated by the plough: it now consists of a mount, 106 feet in diameter & 3½ feet high, with a small bailey to the S (B1).
'Castle Tower motte & bailey' at NGR (B2).
Sits under grass & W ditch partly concealed under coppice. Mound diameter c22m & approx. 2m high. Defences nearly levelled on E. Perfectly acceptable as a small motte & bailey, with motte on up-slope side (B3).
A mound now about 10 feet in height surrounded by a ditch, & to S a bailey or inclosure about 50 yards in length. Site much ploughed down, but is interesting because of its size. Scheduled Monument 19056 (ex Bu31) (B4).
Oval mound 35 x 30m, 2.26m high. Surveyed November 1981 (B5-6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC12677 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P234.
  • <2>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <3>SBC5300 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1975. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, 5TH MAY 1974.
  • <4>SBC13978 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <5>SBC14978 Graphic material: S P O'Connor Thompson. 1981. SURVEY BY S.P.O'CONNOR THOMPSON (OXFORD IN-SERVICE STUDENT), NOV 1981.
  • <6>SBC24523 Article in serial: S P O'Connor Thompson. 1981. 'Castle Tower, Little Missenden', in Recs of Bucks 22 pp140-141. Vol 22.

Location

Grid reference SU 92670 99670 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: HS2 remote sensing survey - CH-004-009 (EBC17799)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17680)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC17679)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2016 12:39PM

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