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Chipping Ongar Town Defences
In the civil parish of Ongar.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).
Traces of large enclosure probably indicate a planned Norman town which failed to take. The large enclosure has been tentatively interpreted as Saxon and the castle as overlaying this but with a large outer bailey containing the town.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL552031
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 140, 4099, 14931
- Web site links
- Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p260, 265
Schofield, John and Vince, Alan, 2003(2edn) Medieval Towns (Continuum) p55
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p37
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p74
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p148
Eddy, M.R. with Petchey, M.R. (eds), 1983, Historic Towns in Essex: An Archaeological Survey (Essex County Council) p39-40
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
- Journal Articles
- Youngs, S.M. et al, 1988 ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1987' Medieval Archaeology Vol32 p p240-1
Priddy, D., 1983, 'Excavations in Essex 1982' Essex Archaeology and History Vol15 p163-72
Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1983, ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1982' Medieval Archaeology Vol27 p175
Eddy, M.R., 1982, ‘Chipping Ongar, Banson’s Yard' in Priddy, D. (ed), ‘Excavations in Essex, 1981’ Essex Archaeology and History Vol14 p136
Youngs, S.M. and Clark, J., 1982, ‘Medieval Britain in 1981' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p181-2
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