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HHER Number:33
Type of record:Monument
Name:RINGWORK, PROBABLE ADULTERINE CASTLE, WALKERN BURY FARM

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 305 260
Map Sheet:TL32NW
Parish:Walkern
Map:Show location on GoogleMaps

Monument Types

  • RINGWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)

Associated Events

  • Evaluation at Walkern Bury Farm, Walkern

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Ancient Monument 29384: WALKERN BURY RINGWORK
  • SHINE: Castle Earthworks, Walkern Bury Farm, Walkern
  • Area of Archaeological Significance 50

Full description

Substantial ringwork with well preserved bank and external ditch. Probable 'adulterine' castle <1>.
This was the manorial centre for the manor of Walkern; for the manorial deer park, see [9986].

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Walkern Bury ringwork and linear earthwork, Walkern. PNO 3895
---Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Linear earthwork, Walkern. PNO 8472
---Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.3 (1912). - p152
---Report: Moore, John. 1999. An archaeological evaluation at Walkern Bury Farm, Walkern, Herts. watching brief. RNO 742
---Article in serial: Anon. 1907. (27th excursion, 22nd August 1907); Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3 (1905-7), 345-7. - p345-6
---Bibliographic reference: RCHM (England). 1911. Inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire. - p225
---Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.2 (1908). - p118
---Bibliographic reference: Renn, Derek. 1971. Medieval castles in Hertfordshire. - p25
<1>Index: OS Records.