Hamstead Marshall 2

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameHamstead Marshall 2
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBerkshire
Modern AuthorityWest Berkshire
1974 AuthorityBerkshire
Civil ParishHamstead Marshall

Small motte and ill marked bailey (King 1983).

See Hamstead Marshall 3 for full details.

Gatehouse Comments

Listed with Hamstead Marshall Conquest Castle in PastScape. The closeness of this motte with the so called conquest castle might suggest that this is a part of a castle with two mottes. Questionable as a separate castle from Hamstead Marshall 3.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSU422668
Latitude51.3990783691406
Longitude-1.39455997943878
Eastings442210
Northings166850
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Books

  • Duncan Wright, Michael Fradley and Oliver Creighton, 2016, 'Hamstead Marshall, Castle I, Berkshire' in Duncan Wright and Oliver Creighton (eds), Castles, Siegeworks and Settlements Surveying the Archaeology of the Twelfth Century (Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd) p. 82-95
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 21
  • Bonney, D.J. and Dunn, C.J., 1989, 'Earthwork castles and settlement at Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire' in Bowden, M., Mackay, D. and Topping, P. (eds), From Cornwall to Caithness: some aspects of British field Archaeology. Papers presented to Norman V Quinnell (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports British Series 209) p. 173-82
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 11
  • Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 199

Journals

  • Edwards, D.M., 2000, 'The mystery of the Hamstead Marshall castles' Postern Vol. 11 p. 22-3
  • Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol. 33 p. 106-12 (listed as precursor to Hamstead Marshall)
  • Grinsell, L.V., 1936, 'An Analysis and List of Berkshire Barrows' Berkshire Archaeological Journal Berkshire Archaeological Society Vol. 40 p. 56 download copy
  • Myres, J.N.L., 1932, Transactions of the Newbury District Field Club Vol. 6 p. 114-26 plans

Other

  • Linford, N., 1997, Hamstead Marshall Berkshire, Report on geophysical surveys, 1996. (Ancient Monuments Laboratory report 2/97) online copy