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| HHER Number: | 95 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SOUTH MIMMS CASTLE, SOUTH MIMMS |
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Summary
12th century motte and bailey, probably built by Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1141
Images
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Monument Types
- MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 20625: South Mimms motte and bailey castle, South Mimms
- Area of Archaeological Significance
Full description
Castle comprising a 9m high motte in the NW corner of a kidney-shaped bailey 390' x 350'. There are traces of an outer bailey to the S, now ploughed <1, 2>. There has been extensive lime-quarrying to the W of the monument <2>; the quarry is now infilled and planted <3>. Excavations revealed that the construction and finds were consistent with the assumption that the castle was built by Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1141 with a licence from Matilda. Possibly destroyed in 1143. It is possible that earlier manorial buildings were demolished when the castle was built <1, 2>. Finds of 13C/14C material in the vicinity [4835, 6233] suggest some form of later occupation on the site.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Document: R J Zeepvat. 1995. HAU/HAT backlog archive review: smaller sites. archive assessment. RNO 316 |
| --- | Unpublished document: Brian Warren, information. 4.3.1999 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: London & Middx Arch Soc Newsl 7,1933-7,p175,464. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Ancient Monuments Field Report. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Barnet & Dist Local Hist Soc Bull 15,1968 & Bull 10, 1957. |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Motte and bailey, South Mimms, Potters Bar. PNO 3680 |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Motte and bailey, South Mimms, Potters Bar. PNO 3681 |
| <2> | Article in serial: North Middlesex Archaeological Research Committee. 1962. Report on excavations at South Mimms Castle, 20 August to 4 September, 1960; CBA Regional Group 10 Bulletin (1962), 31-4. |
| <3> | Index: OS Records. |
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