Meppershall Village Defences
Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Meppershall Village Defences |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Bedfordshire |
| Modern Authority | Bedfordshire |
| 1974 Authority | Bedfordshire |
| Civil Parish | Meppershall |
Post conquest Earthen embankment defending village. Substantial lengths remain. (Bond)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | TL138362 |
| Latitude | 52.0101585388184 |
| Longitude | -0.348320007324219 |
| Eastings | 513800 |
| Northings | 236200 |
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Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 259
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 14
- 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. 6, 8
- Wadmore, Beauchamp, 1920, The Earthworks of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p. 109-19
- Goddard, A.R., 1904, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Doubleday, H.Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Bedfordshire Vol. 1 p. 295-6
- See Meppershall castle for full bibliography.
Journals
- Creighton, O.H., 2004, ''The Rich Man in his Castle, The Poor Man at His Gate': Castle Baileys and Settlement Patterns in Norman England' Cha^teau Gaillard Vol. 21 p. 25-36
- 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