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Monument Number 362299
Hob Uid: 362299
Location : Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire Preston
Grid Ref : TL1757025130
Summary : Castle Farm is the alleged site of Preston Castle: however no evidence has been yet found at the site to support the theory.
More information : (TL 17572513) Castle Farm on site of (NAT) Preston Castle (NR). (1) Nothing is known about the castle at the farm, and no documentary evidence for it could be found. (2) There are no traces of antiquity at the site. The farmhouse is 19th. c., the outbuildings, modern. No information, refers to the original O.N.B. [destroyed]. (3) Not listed (4). Not mentioned in VCH or RCHM. No other references found. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1960
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Source details : F1 ASP 10-OCT-69
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Source details : Herts ONB, Rev.1922, 12 SW, p8.
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Source details : Mediaeval Castles in Hertfordshire 1971 (D Renn)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : TL 12 NE 51
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-10-10
End Date : 1969-10-10

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 362299