Thurleigh Village Defence
Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Thurleigh Village Defence |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Bedfordshire |
| Modern Authority | Bedfordshire |
| 1974 Authority | Bedfordshire |
| Civil Parish | Thurleigh |
Embanked defences. Remains of possible village enclosure overlying Iron Age to Anglo Saxon remains. See Bury Hills castle record for fuller description and bibliography.
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 Reference | TL050583 |
| Latitude | 52.2143707275391 |
| Longitude | -0.462430000305176 |
| Eastings | 505000 |
| Northings | 258300 |
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Castlefacts
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Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 259
- King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 7, 8
- Wadmore, Beauchamp, 1920, The Earthworks of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p. 129-30
- Goddard, A.R., 1904, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Doubleday, H.Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Bedfordshire Vol. 1 p. 287-9
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