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| CHER Number: | 07545 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fortified site, Fordham |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 63 70 |
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| Parish: | Fordham, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
Protected Status:
- SHINE: Fordham Abbey and Park and Gardens, founded before 1227 and dissolved in 1538
Full description
R1, Fordham. Fortified during the rebellion of the Earl of Essex, 1143 - 1144 (C12).
O2, Field investigation revealed no earthworks or other evidence of fortification in the vicinity of Fordham. CCC Archaeology (R2) have no information relating to defences, and inspection of the inclosure map of 1809 proved negative.
Renn, D.F., 1968, Norman Castles in Britain, p. 190 (Bibliographic reference). SCB13870.
Untitled Source (Bibliographic reference). SCB2308.
<3> Allanson, C.D., 1980, Field Investigator Comments, 7/7/76 (Verbal communication). SCB60630.
<4> Cathcart King, D.J., Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery (Bibliographic reference). SCB61251.
Sources and further reading
| <R1> | Bibliographic reference: Renn, D.F.. 1968. Norman Castles in Britain. p. 190. |
| <R2> | Bibliographic reference: |
| <3> | Verbal communication: Allanson, C.D.. 1980. Field Investigator Comments. 7/7/76. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Cathcart King, D.J.. Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery. |
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