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