Kilpeck Village Defences

Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence

There are earthwork remains

NameKilpeck Village Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishKilpeck

The town defences lie east of the castle and mostly survive as earthworks forming a rectilinear enclosure (RCHME 1931; HWCM 716). Part of the southeastern defences is inferred from general alignments and property boundaries. (Dalwood and Bryant)

Well-preserved earthworks of deserted medieval settlement within an embanked rectangular enclosure immediately north-east of the castle. The village enclosure is bisected by a holloway, and includes the church. (Bond, 2001)

Gatehouse Comments

See Kilpeck Castle for additional bibliography. Map reference for Saxon/early Norman parish church of immense architectural importance and beauty.

- 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 ReferenceSO445305
Latitude51.9703216552734
Longitude-2.80917000770569
Eastings344500
Northings230510
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Latitude 51° 58' 16.74" Longitude -2° 48' 25.4"

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Latitude 51° 58' 16.74" Longitude -2° 48' 25.4"

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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2013, Medieval Walled Towns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 157 (mention)
  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 64, 81, 266, 278
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 44
  • Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 99
  • Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report 61) p. 92-116 online copy
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 215
  • RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 1: south-west p. 158-9 online transcription

Journals

  • Creighton, Oliver, 2006, ''Castles of Communities': Medieval Town Defences in England; Wales and Gascony' Château Gaillard Vol. 22 p. 75-86
  • 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
  • Shoesmith, Ron, (ed), 1992, 'Excavations at Kilpeck, Herefordshire' Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club Vol. 47.2 p. 162-209
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 116 p. 71-132

Other

  • Dalwood, H. and Bryant, V. (eds), 2005, The Central Marches Historic Towns Survey 1992-6 Download online copy
  • Dalwood, H., 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Kilpeck, Hereford and Worcester (Central Marches Historic Towns Survey, Herefordshire and Worcester County Council)