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| Name: | The Toot, |
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| HER Number: | MMK2260 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SP 829 364 |
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| Map Sheet: | SP83NW |
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| Location: | Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
Motte & bailey with additional earthworks. Motte surrounded by deep water-filled moat. House on site reported to have been demolished in 1774.
Monument Types
- MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 1007936: The Toot: a motte and bailey castle and later manorial complex 450m south west of St Mary's Church
Full description
1) The word "toot" comes from old English and means "look out hill", so earthwork may be of Saxon or Danish origin. No coins, & c, found on site to support this theory (bi4)
2) Mound; to N & E, two moated enclosures- of later date? (b3)
3) Identity as motte & bailey disputed; is a homestead moat? (b2 & b10)
4) Motte is C40ft across & tree covered (b6)
5) The Toot, a moated mound, is 60ft in diameter at summit, approx 120ft at base, & 13ft high (b3)
6) A cottage was built on this island, with a drawbridge across the narrowest part of the moat (b1(1847)).
7) To N & E of motte are 2 larger moated enclosures- of later date? (b3)
8) Confused earthworks to N & W do not resemble baileys & do not appear strong enough for defence. Are the remains of Manorial enclosures? (b5).
9) SAM 91. Motte surrounded by deep waterfilled moat approx 20ft wide (bi6)
10) To N & E of motte area 2 large moated enclosures. Ditch around motte is in water, other moats are dry (bi3(1918))
<01> LIPSCOMB 4 P324 (Document). SMK2399.
<02> ALLCROFT AH 1908 EARTHWORKS OF ENGLAND PP482-3 &FI G 168 (Document). SMK2400.
<03> RCHM BUCKS 2 P257 &PLAN ON P 258 (Document). SMK2401.
<04> MARKHAM SIR F 1973 HISTORY OF MILTON KEYNES &DISTR ICT 1 P49 (Document). SMK2283.
<05> OS RECORD CARD SP 83 NW11 (ON CAS FILE) (Document). SMK2402.
<06> SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS,MAY 1967.REVISED BY SCHEDULING SECTION,ENGLISH HERITAGE,JAN 1992 (Document). SMK2403.
<07> BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (Document). SMK611.
<08> ENGLISH HERITAGE 1990 SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENTS REPORT/RECORD PRINTOUT (Document). SMK1341.
<09> MKAU CARDS MK M39/1-3 (Document). SMK2404.
<10> CROFT,R.A. & MYNARD,D.C. 1993 THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS ARCH SOC MONOGRAPH SERIES NO.5 (Document). SMK4189.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | SMK2399 - Document: LIPSCOMB 4 P324. |
| <02> | SMK2400 - Document: ALLCROFT AH 1908 EARTHWORKS OF ENGLAND PP482-3 &FI G 168. |
| <03> | SMK2401 - Document: RCHM BUCKS 2 P257 &PLAN ON P 258. |
| <04> | SMK2283 - Document: MARKHAM SIR F 1973 HISTORY OF MILTON KEYNES &DISTR ICT 1 P49. |
| <05> | SMK2402 - Document: OS RECORD CARD SP 83 NW11 (ON CAS FILE). |
| <06> | SMK2403 - Document: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS,MAY 1967.REVISED BY SCHEDULING SECTION,ENGLISH HERITAGE,JAN 1992. |
| <07> | SMK611 - Document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER. |
| <08> | SMK1341 - Document: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1990 SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENTS REPORT/RECORD PRINTOUT. |
| <09> | SMK2404 - Document: MKAU CARDS MK M39/1-3. |
| <10> | SMK4189 - Document: CROFT,R.A. & MYNARD,D.C. 1993 THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS ARCH SOC MONOGRAPH SERIES NO.5. |
Related records
| MMK2261 | Parent of: The Toot, find (Find Spot) |
| MMK2262 | Parent of: The Toot, find (Find Spot) |
| MMK2263 | Parent of: The Toot, Shenley Church End (Monument) |
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