MONUMENT NO. 304769

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The earthworks and excavated remains of a small medieval hunting lodge situated within the north west enclosure of Castle Ring hillfort. The building is rectangular in plan measuring 20.6m by 11.5m.

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[SK 0434 1288]'Foundations of building' are shown on the plan of
Castle Ring Camp [SK 01 SW 1] (1). They can be associated with those
mentioned by Cockin (2) which have been variously described as the
remains of a hunting lodge or the site of the Castle of Beaudesert.
Molyneux (3) refers to remains of a medieval structure which he
excavated within Castle Ring. Report forthcoming.

On a rectangular platform made in the gentle eastern slope of
this part of the plateau-fort (I.A.) are the stone footings 1.5 m.
thick, of a substantial building. Its ground-plan is that of a
probable 12/13th century hall, orientated north to south, with a
screen-passage near the south end. Surveyed at 1/2500. (4)

No change. Surveyed at 1:2500 at SK 0434 1290. (5)

The foundations of the Medieval lodge, centred at SK 0435 1290,
within Castle Ring Hillfort (SK 01 SW 1) were surveyed at 1:200 by
RCHME in 1988. The stone foundations measure 20.6m by 11.5m
externally. The outer edge of the building is defined by a scarp that
represents the base of an excavation trench and in places by a
chamfered stone plinth. The building comprises two (or possibly
three) cells separated by a narrow passage way. The southernmost cell
measuring 3.1m north-south and 8.2m transversely is the smaller of
the two, and is clearly defined by a combination of insitu stones and
low scarps. The position of a former doorway in the north wall of the
cell is discernable, and at the east end of the passage way is a
carefully worked door jam. The northernmost cell is considerably
larger, measuring 11m north-south and 8.2m transversely. It is also
defined by a small scarp and, in places, by insitu stones. Along the
central axis of the room are three sub-rectangular depressions, the
middle one of which contains a chamfered sandstone pillar base. There
is considerable disturbance around the exterior of the building due
largely to previous excavation of the foundations; however it is
possible that the disturbance is partly indicative of further
building remains. A resistivity survey of the area carried out in
1987 (6a) failed to provide any further detail on the building. Full
survey information, including a detailed report, is available in the
NMR Archive. (6)

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( 1) General reference

The Victoria History of the County of Staffordshire 1 1908 pp 336-7

( 2) General reference

Transactions of the Burton on Trent Natural History and Archaeologial Society 5 Pt 2 1906 p 127

( 3) Royal Archaeological Institute The archaeological journal

20, 1863 Page(s)198

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

First OS Archaeology Field Investigator 05/05/1958

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

Second OS Archaeology Field Investigator 27/02/1974

(6) General reference

Wayne Cocroft Marcus Jecock and Robert Wilson-North RCHME: Staffordshire Hillforts Project 20/04/1988

(6a) General reference

Strain R 1987 A Geophysical Survey of the Iron Age Hillfort of Castle Ring Staffordshire Unpublished BA dissertation Leicester University

(7) General reference

English Heritage Schedule Entry 01/08/1996

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The earthwork and buried remains of a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated at the south eastern edge of Cannock Chase. The hillfort is an irregular...

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