Huntley Castle, Cheadle
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)
There are uncertain remains
| Name | Huntley Castle, Cheadle |
| Alternative Names | Castle Croft |
| Historic Country | Staffordshire |
| Modern Authority | Staffordshire |
| 1974 Authority | Staffordshire |
| Civil Parish | Cheadle |
The earthwork in the grounds of Huntley Hall, although not mentioned by Plot is shewn as an 'ancient fortification' on a map dated 1682, which is bound up with Plot's 'History' (Bridgeman 1926).
The field adjoining it is shewn as 'Castle Croft' - by which name it was still known in the 1860's. The site of this mound is well-known to Mr Plant but has for many years been used for dumping gravel and waste materials from the nearby quarries with the result that the mound is completely buried beneath the dump. Mr Plant stated that there had been a brick-culvert built into one side of the mound before its burial. Older residents in the district maintained that the mound was a large spoil-heap from the cutting of the road through the natural rock in the area centred at SK 0070 4085 but this seems hardly probable if the mound was shown by Plot. Enquiry at the offices of the gravel company established that it is not their intention to remove any of the dumped material within the forseeable future. No identifiable trace of the mound is visible - the field-name Castle-croft would indicate that it was a motte (F1 WW 28-JAN-57). (PastScape)
A flat topped, earthwork mound once identified as a medieval motte, but now thought to be of possible natural origin. (Staffordshire HER)
Natural sand flat topped circular mound, formerly described and scheduled as a medieval motte. Two sections cleaned and no archaeological features. Descheduled (Verbal communication: R.A. Meeson (Staffordshire County Council). 1980 - 2000. Comments on sites in Staffordshire by R.A. Meeson. 1984).
Not listed by Cantor as a castle.
The earthwork is not mentioned by Robert Plot (1686), but 'an ancient fortification' is shown on the map which is bound up with Plot's 'History of Staffordshire'
The field adjoining the mound is shown as 'Castle Croft', by which name it was still known in the 1860s
The North Staffordshire Field Club visited the site in 1915 (when the earthwork had been newly discovered). The mound stood at the highest point of the Huntley Hall estate. No stones had been found on the site and thus it was proposed that it was a Norman motte upon which had stood a timber building (Huntbach 1915-16).
Site visit by the Ordnance Survey Inspector in 1957. The site of the mound was well known to the farmer, but had been used as a dumping ground for gravel and waste materials from the nearby quarries with the result that the mound is completely buried beneath the dump. The farmer also stated that a brick culvert had been built into one side of the mound before its burial. No identifiable traces of the mound is visible, although the placename Castle Croft may indicate a motte (FI William Woodhouse 28/11/1957). (Staffordshire HER)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SK006413 |
| Latitude | 52.9692802429199 |
| Longitude | -1.99235999584198 |
| Eastings | 400640 |
| Northings | 341340 |
