Monument record TQ 86 SW 10 - Stockbury Castle

Summary

Ringwork with attached semi-circular bailey on the flat tableland of the Downs. Originally part of a holding of Bishop Odo of Bayeux and on its forfeiture passed to the Aubervilles. Eventually it came into the hands of Nicholas de Criol in the 13th century.The circular ringwork is roughly half complete, the northern half of the earthworks being levelled with the expansion of the farmhouse and yard. The surviving ditch and bank are well defined with the bank about 10ft high above the fill of the ditch. Within the southern half is a shapeless low mass of flintwork with the suggestion of an internal angle. This is the only visible fragment of an early masonry structure. The farmhouse appears to be a truncated three-storey house of the late-17th century. To the south-east of the ringwork, the earthworks of the bailey survive well with the rampart up 5ft high internally. There is an entrance on the eastern side and the parish church lies outside the enclosure to the north-east. Further east and lower down the slope is a man-made scarp which might belong to an outer enclosure which might have included the church

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 8461 6161 (218m by 167m) FCE
Map sheet TQ86SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish STOCKBURY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> OS 25" (OS Card Reference). SKE48250.

<2> Memo of Old Kent 1907 194-5 (ed P H Ditchfield) (OS Card Reference). SKE46871.

<3> VCH Kent 1 1908 421-2 plan (I C Could) (OS Card Reference). SKE50887.

<4> F1 ASP 10-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42034.

<5> DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 112 (OS Card Reference). SKE40688.

<6> Bldgs of Eng-NE & E Kent 1983 469 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38120.

<7> Some Kentish Castles (P H Ditchfield G Clinch) 1907 45-6 (H Sands) (OS Card Reference). SKE49503.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 86 SW 10 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4623.

<9> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<10> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 25".
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Memo of Old Kent 1907 194-5 (ed P H Ditchfield).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 421-2 plan (I C Could).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 10-JUL-63.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 112.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng-NE & E Kent 1983 469 (J Newman).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Some Kentish Castles (P H Ditchfield G Clinch) 1907 45-6 (H Sands).
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 SW 10 - July, 1963.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.
  • <10>XY Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #477 castle, ]

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2021 2:17PM