Record Details
MonUID: | MST766 |
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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 (Anglo Saxon to Norman - 1042 AD to 1066 AD)
Associated Events:
- EST145 - An archaeological excavation at Tenterbanks, Stafford in 1972. (NRHE Name - Tenterbanks)
Protected Status:
Full description
MOTTE AND BAILEY: TRADITIONAL SITE OF STAFFORD CASTLE. NOTHING NOW VISIBLE, THEREFORE DUBIOUS, <A MOTTE IS A PRETTY BIG THING TO TOTALLY ERADICATE -RAM OPINION->. EVEN SO, AN EXCAVATION WAS CARRIED OUT AT SJ91912394, NOTHING FOUND EXCEPT A C11 COIN. <1>
ISSUE AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A ROYAL CASTLE IN TOWN. DOCUMENTARY EVEIDENCE SUGGESTS THERE WAS. HOWEVER ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE HAS YET TO BE FOUND. <6>
Sources and further reading
--- | SST1712 - Drawn: J.B.L (Staffordshire County Council. 1960s. Stafford Castle - Elevations and Section Drawings. Permatace. |
<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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