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Record Details

HER Number:00040
Type of record:Monument
Name:Tutbury Castle Motte and Bailey

Summary

The scheduled remains of Tutbury Castle motte and bailey, possibly built on the site of an earlier hillfort.

Grid Reference:SK 2095 2921
Map Sheet:SK22NW
Parish:Tutbury, East Staffordshire Borough
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Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds:

  • DEBITAGE (Small quantity) (MESOLITHIC - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • SHERD (Small quantity) (ROMAN - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SHERD (Small quantity) (SAXON to POST MEDIEVAL - 1000 AD to 1599 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Small quantity) (Norman to POST MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1699 AD)
  • COIN (1) (Norman - 1204 AD to 1217 AD)

Associated Events:

  • EST1130 - Archaeological excavations at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire.
  • EST1133 - Specialist analysis of the clay tobacco pipes from excavations at Tutbury Castle.
  • EST1134 - Specialist analysis of the Faunal Remains from Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire.
  • EST1658 - Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, A Programme of Archaeological Work (Ref: BA: 1188.2)
  • EST1697 - A Programme of Archaeological Work at Tutbury Castle, 2006 (Ref: PN:1407)
  • EST1699 - A programme of archaeological work at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, 2004. (Ref: PN 1188)

Protected Status:

  • Scheduled Monument ST022: Tutbury Castle

Full description

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Sources and further reading

---SST1963 - Photographic: Staffordshire County Council. 1960s onward. Staffordshire County Council Photographic Collection. various. (Photographs) 214-60
---SST3817 - Excavation Report: C. M. Welch (Staffordshire County Council). 1992. Tutbury Castle: Summary of Archaeological Work 1986-88..
---SST3818 - Scientific/Specialist Report: Dr D. A. Higgins (University College, Northampton). 2000. Clay Tobacco Pipes from Excavations at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, 1986-88.
---SST3937 - Scientific/Specialist Report: Alan K. Outram. ?2000. The Faunal Remains from Tutbury Castle (TC88 and TUMS86).
<1>SST2060 - Descriptive text: SOMERVILLE R. 1964. TUTBURY CASTLE.
<2>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 22 NW - 2 (a-y)
<3>SST2107 - Serial: University of Keele. 1966. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies volume 6 (1966). 'The Medieval Castles of Staffordshire' by L.M. Cantor - Page 45
<4>SST3723 - Scheduling Record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. HSD 9/2/7124
<5>SST4249 - Excavation Report: Helen Martin-Bacon and Mark Kincey (Birmingham Archaeology). 2005. Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, A Programme of Archaeological Work.
<6>SST4288 - Excavation Report: Chris Hewitson and Mark Kincey (Birmingham Archaeology). 2007. Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire: A Programme of Archaeological Work, 2006. Pages 1 and 2
<7>SST4290 - Excavation Report: Glynn Barratt and Malcolm Hislop (Birmingham Archaeology). 2004. Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire: A Programme of Archaeological Work 2004. Page 1
<8>SST117 - Serial: CBA West Midlands (Sheena Payne - Editor). 2006. West Midlands Archaeology 49 (2006). 'Tutbury, Tutbury Castle' by Malcolm Hislop (Birmingham Archaeology), pages 75-76

Related records

50452Parent of: Chapel of St Peter, Tutbury Castle (Building)
00041Parent of: Tutbury Castle (Monument)
02356Related to: Tutbury Borough (Place)

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