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Summary

Scheduled earthworks interpreted as a Civil War redoubt raised to provide temporary protection for infantry or to act as gun emplacements

Monument Type(s):

• SIEGEWORK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• EDR740 - Ordnance Survey Field Report 02-DEC-66
• EDR3229 - Civil War Redoubt field visit, near Tissington, by PDNPA Ranger, between 2000 and 2012
• EDR3785 - Archaeological survey, Overfield Farm, by PDNPA, in 2000

Full Description

Tissington Hall was garrisoned for the King by its owner, Colonel Fitzherbert, in December 1643. (1,3).

This [Tissington Hall] is a very fine example of a siege castle. It is situated in parkland and the only mutilation has been caused by sheep tread. A notice within the adjacent church refers to Tissington being "something of a Royalist sanctuary…" and in 1644 the Parliamentarians routed the Royalists hereabouts. The earthwork is probably of this period. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2,3).

Adjoining the churchyard at Tissington on the north side of the church is a very similar earthwork to that at Hathersage [a ring motte] much worn down, with a diameter of about 130 ft. (4).

[SK 17645232] Siegework. (5).

The earthworks consist of a three-sided ditched and ramparted enclosure. A post-medieval siege work is a likely identification. (6).

The monument was scheduled in 1999 and includes the buried and earthwork remains of a Civil War redoubt at Tissington. A redoubt is a fieldwork used during military operations to provide temporary protection for infantry or to act as gun emplacements. The monument is situated on the brow of a hill and affords good views of the main, northern approach road into the village, Tissington Hall and the church. The remains include a three sided square enclosure which measures approximately 28m across. The enclosure is defined by an internal bank, or rampart, which measures up to 0.75m high and 5m wide with an external ditch approximately 3m wide. Another bank runs parallel to the western side of the ditch and measures approximately 5m wide. This would have served to enhance the edge of the ditch on the west side where the land slopes steeply away. Tissington Hall was garrisoned for the king by its owner, Colonel Fitzherbert in December 1643. In 1644 the Parliamentarians routed the Royalists hereabouts but following unsuccessful action near Ashbourne in February 1644, the garrison was withdrawn. (7).

Site monitoring has been carried out and site appears not to be under threat. (9)

<1> Lysons, D & Lysons, S, 1817, Magna Britannia (Bibliographic reference). SDR8438.

<2> Cox, J, 1905, 'Forestry', Victoria County History, Derbyshire, Volume 1, p 374 (Bibliographic reference). SDR18814.

<3> North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT), North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index, 1936, with sketch (Index). SDR10000.

<4> F1 FC 02-DEC-66 (Personal Observation). SDR6157.

<5> OS 1:10 000 1978 (Map). SDR11928.

<6> Hart, C (NDAT), 1981, The North Derbyshire Archaeological Survey to AD 1500, p 149, 154 (Bibliographic reference). SDR10777.

<7> English Heritage, 1999, Scheduling Notification, 441 (Scheduling record). SDR18125.

<8> Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA), Slide Collection, 14313.1-2 (Photograph). SDR18971.

<9> Clarke, R (PDNPA), 2012, Scheduled Monument Monitoring Form: Civil War Redoubt (Unpublished document). SDR22245.

Sources and Further Reading

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