Beaumont Castle, Mixbury

In the civil parish of Mixbury.
In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).

Earthworks of a probable defended timber hall with a double court. There is alleged to have been a motte on the site which was supposedly removed during amateur excavations in 1954-5. The field investigator in 1973 was sceptical of this assertion. 2 ditched and ramparted enclosures of C12 castle, fragments of masonry found and small mound may cover base of tower. Probably adandoned before 1216. The manor was granted to Oseney Abbey by Thomas de St Valery in 1213.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP61013407

PastScape number; 341209, 909838

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p65
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p206 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p386
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Lobel, Mary D. (ed), 1959, VCH Oxfordshire Vol6 p251
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Potts, W., 1907, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Oxfordshire Vol2 p325-6

Journal Articles

Steane, J., 1979, ‘Beaumont Castle, Mixbury' Newsletter, CBA Group 9 Vol9 p83
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]

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Beaumont Castle, Mixbury

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP61013407

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