MONUMENT NO. 63333

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A moated site and the possible site of a 13th century castle. The moated site and earthworks are now ploughed out and visible only as slight undulations in pasture. The moat was bulldozed in 1960 suggesting that the surviving subsoil remains are badly damaged.

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[SE 987007] [Moat shown but not named.] (1)

"A great castle of Castlethorpe in King John's day",... "the
ruins of which are now [ 1696 ] scarce to be seen, only the place
where it stood is called Castle Hill to this day". (2)

The owner of this property stated that the moat was bulldozed in
1960. Many "very large squared stones" were met with, and also
extensive foundation walls. Local opinion is that this was the
site of De la Pryme's castle, but no authority was consulted or
told of the finds and an expert examination of the site was never
made. No pottery or implements were noted, but great haste seems
to have been made in covering the diggings.

In 1962 an attempt was made to deep plough and plant, but so
much subterranean obstruction was encountered the attempt was
abandoned. The whole field is now pasture, slight non-surveyable
undulations only are visible on the surface.

Air cover was not available at the time of investigation, nor is
the name Castle Hill now in local use. (3)

Centred SE 987007. The moated site and earthworks at
Castlethorpe are now ploughed out and visible only as slight
undulations in pasture. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1" 1824

( 2) General reference

Surtees Soc., 54, 1869, 81 (Diary of A.de la Pryme)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FDC 15-JAN-64

( 4a) Aerial photograph

AP's (J R Samules Nottingham)

( 4) by Neil Loughlin and Keith Miller 1979 A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee

1979 Page(s)190

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