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Scheduled Monument 19010, including two mottes, fishponds, a deserted settlement and manor
The scheduled monument consists of two areas, and includes two motte and bailey castles, fishponds, the remains of the deserted medieval village of Hamstead Marshall and a possible manor site <1>. The mottes were not recognised as such until the first half of the twentieth century <2> and <3>, having formerly been classified as tumuli <4>. Survey work by the RCHME led to an enlargement of the scheduled area and a reinterpretation of the earthworks <12> <13>.
Other survey work of the earthworks was undertaken by the Ordnance Survey in the 1960s <16><17> and the Berkshire National Mapping Programme in the 1990s <19>.
For more detail on the site, see also separate records for each of the elements.
| <01> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). Schedule of Monuments. 19010. [Unpublished document / SWB12738] |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1932. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1932 VOL 6 NO 3. p114-126 Three unrecognised castle mounds at Hamstead Marshall by J N L Myres. [Article in serial / SWB6934] |
| <03> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1936. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1936 40. 40. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. P56 in An Analysis and List of Berkshire Barrows Part I Addenda by LV Grinsell. [Article in serial / SWB10457]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=40 (Accessed 26/04/2016) |
| <04> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p178-182. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <05> | Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries. 1920. REPORT OF THE EARTHWORKS COMMITTEE 1920. [Monograph / SWB12129] |
| <06> | Colvin, H. History of the King's Works. P955. [Monograph / SWB12804] |
| <07> | Ministry of Works. 1961. ANC MONS ENG AND WALES 1961. P20. [Monograph / SWB12183] |
| <08> | Andrews Downman, Rev Edward. 1901. Ancient Earthworks surveyed and drawn by Rev Edward Andrews Downman. [Unpublished document / SWB12877] |
| <09> | Hampstead Marshall (sic), co. Berks - views 18th century. [Unpublished document / SWB13620] |
| <10> | Crouch, David. 1990. William Marshall, Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219. [Monograph / SWB13621] |
| <11> | LHB/DC. 1987. Barn extension at Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, Berkshire. SAM No 19010. Ref CT9AAX. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13619] |
| <12> | Bowden, Mark, Mackay, D & Topping, P. 1989. Earthwork castles and settlement at Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire. pp173-182. [Article in monograph / SWB12812] |
| <13> | RCHME. 1989. A Descriptive Account of Earthworks in the Garden and Neighbourhood of North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall parish, Berkshire. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13946] |
| <14> | Brown, S. 2001. Living in the Landscape: Settlement in the Kennet Valley at Hamstead Marshall. [Unpublished document / SWB14319] |
| <15> | Linford, N T. 1997. Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire - Report on Geophysical Surveys, 1996. 2019 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13940]
http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=4641|HAMSTEAD MARSHALL, BERKSHIRE, REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, 1996 (Accessed 30/05/2018) |
| <16> | Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 GHP 16-OCT-63. [Personal observation / SWB14640] |
| <17> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. 1:2500, 1969. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <18> | Cathcart King, D J. 1983. Castellarium Anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Vol 1, p11. [Monograph / SWB147232] |
| <19> | RCHME. 1995-1999. Berkshire - National Mapping Programme. Carolyn Dyer/27-NOV-1996/RCHME: Berkshire. [Unpublished document / SWB146801]
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/NMP/ (Accessed on 14/01/2022) |
| <20> | Wessex Archaeology. 2011. North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, West Berkshire - Archaeological Watching Brief Report. Report Ref 79450.02. WBC Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1053417. [Unpublished document / SWB148306]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1053417 (Accessed 24/03/2022) |
| <21> | Fry, R and Stastney, P. 2016. Geophysical Survey Report - ERT Survey - Castle Motte 3, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire. 2017 WBC Network. 10.5284/1116234. [Unpublished document / SWB149241]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1116234 (Accessed on 02/01/2024) |
| <22> | Stastney, P and Jamieson, E. 2016. Extending Histories: from Medieval Mottes to Prehistoric Round Mounds. Hamstead Marshall Castle 3, West Berkshire. Interim Report. 2017 WBC Network. 10.5284/1116235. [Unpublished document / SWB149242]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1116235 (Accessed on 02/01/2024) |
| <23> | Foundations Archaeology. 2020. Park Lodge, Park Lane, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire: Archaeological Monitoring. 1349. 2020 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150015] |
| MWB3339 | Hamstead Marshall deserted medieval settlement (Monument) |
| MWB1542 | HAMSTEAD MARSHALL MOTTE - 1 OF 2 (Monument) |
| MWB1543 | HAMSTEAD MARSHALL MOTTE - 2 OF 2 (Monument) |
| MWB6334 | NORTH LODGE - ditch or pit, Hamstead Marshall Park (Monument) |
| MWB6473 | NORTH LODGE - pits or post-holes, Hamstead Marshall Park (Monument) |
| MWB6472 | NORTH LODGE - pits, Hamstead Marshall Park (Monument) |
| MWB6474 | NORTH LODGE - trackway, Hamstead Marshall Park (Monument) |
| MWB1544 | Possible fishponds at Hamstead Marshall deserted settlement (Monument) |
| MWB3332 | HAMSTEAD PARK - General record (Landscape) |
| EWB1112 | New drainage trenches, North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall: An Archaeological Watching Brief (Ref: HMN 09/117) |
| EWB1220 | North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, West Berkshire - Archaeological Watching Brief (Ref: Report Ref 79450.02) |
| EWB420 | Watching brief at North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall (Ref: 93/9) |
| EWB421 | Barn extension at North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall: Watching Brief |
| EWB422 | Survey of earthworks at Hamstead Marshall |
| EWB584 | Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire - Report on Geophysical Surveys, 1996 (Ref: Ancs Mons Lab Report 2/97) |
| EWB885 | Berkshire - National Mapping Programme (Ref: 1064614) |
| EWB1415 | Berkshire County Council/Babtie general monitoring |
| EWB1549 | Castle Motte 3, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire - Electrical Resistivity Tomography Survey (Ref: theunive1-253446) |
| EWB1550 | Castle Motte 3, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire - Coring and Earthwork Survey (Ref: theunive1-253786) |
| EWB1678 | Park Lodge, Hamstead Marshall - Heritage Impact Assessment |
| EWB1679 | Park Lodge, Park Lane, Hamstead Marshall - Archaeological Evaluation |
| EWB1870 | Park Lodge, Park Lane, Hamstead Marshall: Archaeological Monitoring (Ref: 1349) |