TAYNTON CASTLE

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The earthwork remains of Taynton Castle are partially visible on aerial photographs. The castle is a ring-motte of 11th to 12th century date. An earthern bank encloses a roughly circular area with a diameter that measures circa 25m. The bank is 1.7m high and measures 8m wide. Scheduled.

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(SO 71522112) Castle (NR) (Site of). (1)

A roughly circular earthwork (?ring-motte) formed by an earthen bank of average height 1.7 m, with a possible entrance on the east side. (2)

The castle in Glasshouse Woods is similar to Littledean Camp (11/12th cent, SO 61 SE 1), of a type which consist of more or less circular ramparted areas with slight banks, no clear entrances, and definite raised portions on the ramparts. (3)

Visible on APs. (4)

Taynton (Huntley Castle) listed as a ringwork. (5)

Scheduled under 'Castles and Fortifications' as 'Motte on Castle Hill Wood, Hartley'. (6)

Earthwork (NR). (7)

Taynton Castle earthwork, at SO 715211, was surveyed by GADARG members. The earthwork was a roughly circular enclosure circa 30m in diameter, with a flattened north-west side. The enclosure is surrounded by a bank with an external ditch and a mound is built into the north-eastern wall. A possible entrance, which may not be contemporary, is situated south-east of the mound. (8)

Listed by Cathcart King. (9)

The earthwork remains of Taynton Castle referred to above (1-9) are partially visible on aerial photographs. The site is centred at SO 7152 2113 and comprises an earthwork bank which measures 8m wide and extends in a rough semi-circle, partially enclosing an area to the east, which measures circa 25m in diameter. The easternside of the site is obscured by trees on the available aerial photographs, which include that listed by source 4. (10)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1954

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 15-MAY-67

( 3) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

(C Scott-Garrett) 77 - 1958 Page(s)59

( 4) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

APs (OS/66007 413-3 18-MAR-1966)

( 5) edited by A J Taylor 1969 Chateau Gaillard, 3. Conference at Battle, Sussex, 19-24 September 1966

(D J C King & L Alcock) 1969 Page(s)115

( 6) Scheduled Monument Notification

DOE(AM's) List 31.12.77 41

( 7) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10 000 1973

( 8) Glevensis : Gloucestershire and District Archaeological Research Group review

(A F Dodd) 14 - 1980 Page(s)32

( 9) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

1 Page(s)183

(10) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF CPE/UK/1961 4017-8 09-APR-1947

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