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Record Details

HER Number:00092
Type of record:Building
Name:Alton Castle

Summary

The Listed and Scheduled remains of 12th century castle overlooking the Churnet Valley, possibly built by Bertram de Verdun.

Grid Reference:SK 0730 4241
Map Sheet:SK04SE
Parish:Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands District
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Monument Type(s):

  • GATEHOUSE (Norman - 1200 AD to 1250 AD)
  • CASTLE (Norman to MEDIEVAL - 1150 AD to 1299 AD)
  • BARBICAN (Norman to MEDIEVAL - 1150 AD to 1299 AD)

Associated Finds:

  • ASSEMBLAGE (3) (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1485 AD)
  • ASSEMBLAGE (6-10) (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1485 AD)

Associated Events:

  • EST680 - Watching brief at Alton Castle.
  • EST791 - Geophysical survey at Alton Castle,Staffordshire

Protected Status:

  • Scheduled Monument 12002: Alton Castle
  • Listed Building (I) 1757/13/008: The Castle

Full description

To find out more about this record please contact the SHER

Sources and further reading

<1>SST372 - Written: Department of the Environment. Ongoing. Listed Buildings of Special Architectural or Historical Importance (Green and Blue Backs).
<2>SST1963 - Photographic: Staffordshire County Council. 1960s onward. Staffordshire County Council Photographic Collection. various. 330-331 (1965)
<3>SST1963 - Photographic: Staffordshire County Council. 1960s onward. Staffordshire County Council Photographic Collection. various. 431 (1969)
<4>SST1963 - Photographic: Staffordshire County Council. 1960s onward. Staffordshire County Council Photographic Collection. various. 174-5 (1974)
<5>SST144 - Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1970s-1980s. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph Collection. Black and White. Oblique. AA63:6736
<6>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 04 SE - 16 ('Staffordshire' 1930, page 74 by C. Masefield)
<7>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 04 SE - 16 ('History of North Staffordshire' 1933, page 4 by R. Nicholls)
<8>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 04 SE - 16 (AO/57/386/2 - 1957)
<9>SST2107 - Serial: University of Keele. 1966. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies volume 6 (1966). 'The Medieval Castles of Staffordshire' L.M. Cantor, p42-43 (References SHC 1911, p334 & 1913, p77)
<10>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 04 NE - 10 (A. Clarke - Ordnance Survey Field Inspector 14-Apr-1958)
<11>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 04 SE - 16 (SHC 1957 'The Committee at Stafford)
<12>SST3627 - Watching Brief Report: Jonathan Goodwin (Potteries Museum Field Archaeology Unit). 2002. Archaeological Watching Brief at Alton Castle, Staffordshire. Page 8-9
<13>SST1305 - Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1989. Medieval Archaeology Volume XXXIII (1989). Volume 33 - page 207 (Number 189)
<14>SST3739 - Geophysical Survey Report: P. P. Barker & E.J.F. Mercer (Stratascan). 2000. Alton Castle, Staffordshire. Part II: Radar Survey of the Fosse.
<15>SST1072 - Photographic: Staffordshire County Coucil. 2003. Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. Digital Photography.

Images

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

Photographs of Alton Castle and St. John's Preparatory School, Alton. © Staffordshire County Council

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