Totternhoe Village Defence

Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence

There are uncertain remains

NameTotternhoe Village Defence
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBedfordshire
Modern AuthorityBedfordshire
1974 AuthorityBedfordshire
Civil ParishTotternhoe

Possible embanked defences. (King 1983)

Gatehouse Comments

Probably listed by PastScape as a castle bailey. The bailey is certainly large enough but there is no evidence of medieval settlement on the inconvenient hilltop site and the medieval village was probably by the church, with a small settlement beneath the castle, on the opposite side from the village, called Lower End. See castle for full bibliography.

- 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 ReferenceSP978221
Latitude51.8890991210938
Longitude-0.579450011253357
Eastings497890
Northings222100
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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. 8
  • Wadmore, Beauchamp, 1920, The Earthworks of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p. 139-40

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