Clothall Castle

In the civil parish of Clothall.
In the historic county of Hertfordshire (Modern Authority of Hertfordshire, 1974 county of Hertfordshire).

Earthworks of castle, later used as a manor house, and alleged site of a house belonging to Clothall Leper hopital. Inhumations have been found on the site, suggesting it may have been the site of the leper hospital burial ground. A dry homestead moat, circa 74.0m East-West by about 80.0m North-South overall, with an original entrance on the south side. The arms are 8.0m wide and 2.0m deep, with a retaining bank on the North and West sides. To the west of the moat is a banked Mediaeval boundary ditch and also traces of a supply ditch to the North-West corner of the moat.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL27183147

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 365661

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p49 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p221
Renn, D.F., 1971, Medieval Castles in Hertfordshire (Chichester) p16
Page, Wm (ed), 1912, VCH Hertfordshire Vol3 p221
RCHME, 1910, An inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire p81

Journal Articles

Andrews, H.C., 1909-10, Transactions of the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Vol4 p90

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