Butlers Marston Round Hill

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameButlers Marston Round Hill
Alternative NamesMerston-Boteler
Historic CountryWarwickshire
Modern AuthorityWarwickshire
1974 AuthorityWarwickshire
Civil ParishButlers Marston

Small earthwork near a stream called 'Round Hill (Tumulus)' on OS map. It is of an irregular shape and if it ever was a motte and bailey castle it must have been a very small one. It would seem that it was the site of the Manor House of the Botelers even if not actually a castle.

Appears to be a large building platform in a naturally low marshy area.

On the 1905 OS 1:2500 map a building of square plan is marked to the S; all that remains of this is a square platform. (Warwickshire HER)

Round Hill, Butlers Marston: ".. of an irregular shape and if it ever was a motte and bailey castle it must have been a very small one. It would seem, however, that it was the site of the manor house of the Botelers whose main castle was at Oversley even if it were not actually a castle itself". It does not give the impression of being a tumulus (Chatwin). Not a tumulus. This appears to be a large building platform in a naturally low marshy area. Chatwin's view that it was the site of a Manor House is probably correct (F1 FDC 26-SEP-68). (PastScape)

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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSP319497
Latitude52.1453018188477
Longitude-1.53435003757477
Eastings431970
Northings249780
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 21
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 486 (possible)
  • Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1949, VCH Warwickshire Vol. 5 p. 28-31 (manorial history) online transcription

Antiquarian

  • Dugdale, Wm., 1656, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (Thomas Warren) p. 430 (manorial history only) online copy

Journals

  • Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol. 67 p. 31-2