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Monument Number 923224
Hob Uid: 923224
Location : Halton Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ5082083330
Summary : Possible site of Runcorn Castle thought to be on site of earlier Anglo-Saxon borough. Field survey showed no remaining structures or earthworks on the site.
More information : (SJ 5082 8333) Possible site of Runcorn Norman Castle A Castle is said to have stood on ground in Runcorn at a position where an earlier Anglo-Saxon Burgh (see SJ 58 SW 8), and fort are also recorded. The castle is mentioned in medieval documents, and there was a ferry on the site in the 12th century.(1-1c) Field survey showed no remaining structures or earthworks on the site, which was being used as a bridge construction depot at the time of survey.(2-3) Listed by Cathcart King as a vanished castle. Destroyed 1862. (4)

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Source details : Armitage E.S. The Early Norman Castles' 1912
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Source details : Fowler, The History of Runcorn
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Hansell, The History of Cheshire, 1917
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Source Number : 1c
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Source details : Beaumont, The History of Halton, plan
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Field investigator FDC 01-JUL-59
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Source details : Field Investigator JHW 29-JAN-64
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 58 SW 27
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Monument Number 923224