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Middleton Stoney Castle
In the civil parish of Middleton Stoney.
In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).
The monument includes a motte and bailey castle set within an earlier enclosure bank which also includes a Roman building, the base of a medieval cross, an early post medieval rabbit warren and a sample of a medieval field system. Middleton Stoney castle was ordered to be pulled down by King John in 1216. Excavation show that it consisted of a bailey area and stone tower.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP53212325
PastScape number;
338918
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p73
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p206 [slight]
Higham, R. and Barker, P., 1992, Timber Castles (Batsford)
Rahtz, S. and Rowley, T., 1984. Middleton Stoney: excavation and survey in a north Oxfordshire parish 1970–1982. (Oxford: Oxford University Department for External Studies)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p261
Rowley, R.T., 1977, Excavations at Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, including a Brief History of the Parish of Middleton Stoney (Oxford University Department for External Studies)
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Potts, W., 1907, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Oxfordshire Vol2 p325
Journal Articles
- Rowley, T., 1978, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol8 p10
Rowley, T., 1975, ‘Middleton Stoney, Oxon' Newsletter, CBA Group 9 Vol5 p23
Rowley, T., 1975, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol5 p23
Rowley, T., 1974, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol4 p12
Rowley, T., 1973, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol3 p22
Rowley, T., 1972, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol2 p10-12
Rowley, T., 1972, 'First Report on the Excavations at Middleton Stoney Castle, Oxfordshire, 1970-1' Oxoniensia Vol37 p109-136
1972, Medieval Archaeology Vol16 p181-3
[Benson and Rowley], 1971, Medieval Archaeology Vol15 p147
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]
Jope, 1948, Oxoniensia Vol13 p69-70
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p369
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol2 p35
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