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Monument Type(s):

• CASTLE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

Castle reputedly erected in reign of Stephen; site is marked by few irregularities. No other references found. Ground disturbances are explainable as agricultural. In the absence of documentary and ground evidence, the 'castle' is very suspect.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds:

Description

(1) Earthwork marked as castle on 1:2500 OS map, 1882, but not excavated and date unknown
(2) May represent the site of the 'Logge' leased with a warren in 1528, if this is not the same site as present Bloxham Grove (PRN 11121) or may alternatively represent the farmstead of Osbert de la Grave, who owned a mill in Bloxham in 1238. No evidence that Bloxham Grove itself existed before C16th-17th
(3) 1961 AP shows further earthworks in field immediately to east (see PRN 1767)
(4) Castle reputedly erected in reign of Stephen; site is marked by few irregularities. No other references found. Ground disturbances are explainable as agricultural. In the absence of documentary and ground evidence, the 'castle' is very suspect
(5) Not classified as a castle for MPP due to insufficient information

<1> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol IX, p.55 (Serial). SOX252.

<2> Personal Comment, C J Bond, January 1979 (Unpublished note). SOX621.

<2a> M Gelling, Place Names of Oxfordshire, ii, 395 (Monograph). SOX412.

<3> Oxfordshire County Council, 1961, Fairey Aerial Surveys, 16.019-20 (Photograph). SOX264.

<4> OS Record Card, SP 43 NE 13 (Index). SOX273.

<5> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 20.11.92 (Index). SOX259.

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