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Record Details

HER Number:00766
Type of record:Monument
Name:Stafford Castle (Motte and Bailey)

Summary

Documentary evidence for a motte and bailey castle located in Stafford town, possibly in the vicinity of Broad Eye. Excavations in this area have not revealed any evidence for the possible motte in this location as yet.

Grid Reference:SJ 918 232
Map Sheet:SJ92SW
Parish:Stafford, Stafford Borough
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Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds:

  • COIN (SAXON to Norman - 1042 AD to 1066 AD)

Associated Events:

  • EST145 - Un-named event/activity

Full description

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Sources and further reading

<1>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 92 SW - 3 ('Collections fo a History of Staffs' Vol 8-Pt 2, 1887, 3-10 & 136-7 (T. de Mazzinghi))
<2>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 44
<3>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 92 SW - 3 ('Erdeswick's A Survey of Staffordshire 1593-1603' 1844, pages 145-146 (by T. Harwood))
<4>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 92 SW - 3 ('Transactions of the Old Stafford Society' 1934, pages 23 (P.T. Dale))
<5>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 92 SW - 3 ('Transactions of the Old Stafford Society' 1938, pages 39-40)
<6>SST3380 - Verbal communication: DARLINGTON J. 1997.

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