Record Details
| MonUID: | MST17302 |
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| HER Number: | 53536 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Stourton Castle Moat and Palisade, Stourton, Kinver |
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Summary
A moated has been suggested to have once surrounded the castle or hunting lodge at Stourton, however based upon its location in relation to the River Stour this is now considered to be unlikely. The site is however recorded to have been fortified by a high timber palisade in the late 12th century.
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Moated Site: A possible moated site. <1>
The castle stands a considerable height above the Stour and was clearly never moated. (SB, 29-Oct-2009) <2>
In the case of Stourton Castle there could never have been a complete moat round, no matter how the river was banked up. (SB, 29-Oct-2009) <3>
There is no evidence of this site on Ordnance Survey maps. (SB, 29-Oct-2009) <4>
The late 12th century hunting lodge at Stourton is recorded to have had a surrounding pallisade 16 perches in circumference and 16ft high. (SB, 29-Oct-2009) <5>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST2857 - Published Book: M. W. Greenslade and D. G. Stuart. 1984. A History of Staffordshire (1984). Page 30. |
| <2> | SST3811 - Written: A. H. Taylor and C.M. Welch (Staffordshire County Council). 1994. Staffordshire Parks and Gardens Register Review (1993-96). Parts I and II.. No. 27 - Stourton Castle - Page 1. |
| <3> | SST210 - Published Book: R. M. Grazebrook. 1919. A short History of Stourton Castle and the Royal Forest of Kinver. |
| <4> | SST2386 - Serial: Staffordshire Archaeology/The University of Keele. 1974. Staffordshire Archaeology Volume 3 (1974). 'The Moated Sites of Staffordshire' by M. E. Hammer, page 44, No. 135. |
| <5> | SST3637 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1967. (VCH volume 2) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume II.. Page 346-347 ('History of the Kings Works Volume II' 1963, by H. M. Colvin (Editor), Pages 977-978). |
Related records
| 20727 | Part of: Stourton Castle Park, Stourton Castle, Kinver (Monument) |
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