Ashperton Village Defences

Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence

There are no visible remains

NameAshperton Village Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishAshperton

Places embanked as a dependency of castles:... probably Ashperton (King 1983)

Gatehouse Comments

It is unclear as to what is being referred to. Nothing in Herefordshire HER. Is this actually a reference to a park pale? Map reference for parish church. See Ashperton castle for full bibliography.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO642415
Latitude52.0706596374512
Longitude-2.52253007888794
Eastings364200
Northings241500
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Books

  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 266
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 215
  • RCHME, 1932, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 2: east p. xxvi plan

Journals

  • Bond J., 2001, 'Earthen Castles, Outer Enclosures and the Earthworks at Ascott d'Oilly Castle, Oxfordshire' Oxoniensia Vol. 46 p. 67-8 (Appendix: Earthwork castles with attached village enclosures) online copy