Aldborough, Studforth Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Stuteville; Stodart; Vetus Burgus

In the civil parish of Boroughbridge.
In the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

The earthwork remains of a ploughed out ring earthwork or ring motte on Studforth Hill. Possibly the site of Vetus Burgus of the Pipe Rolls of 1205-6. A castle is documented at Aldborough in 1158-75, when it was in royal hands, and from 1175-1205 when it was in baronial hands, at which time it was called Stuteville. It was confiscated by the Crown in 1205.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE40656596

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 55199

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p16
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p310 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p512
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p88
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Yorkshire Vol2 p45
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)

Journal Articles

Butler, Lawrence, 1992, 'The Origins of the Honour of Richmond and its Castles' Chateau-Gallard Vol16 p69-80 [Reprinted in Liddiard, Robert, (ed), 2003, Anglo-Norman Castles (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)]
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
1959, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol40 p5
Jessop, 1850, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol5 p74-5

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p560

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