Caynham Camp

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Caynham Castle; Kainsham; Kensham; Kaynham; Caiholme

In the civil parish of Caynham.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Shropshire, 1974 county of Shropshire).

Is prehistoric univallate hillfort despite tradition of mediaeval castle supported by Leland. Has been excavated.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO545737

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 111086

Books

Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p71 [reject]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p435 [reject]
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p134
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) p262
Wall [after Downham], 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol1 p360-1
Allcroft, A. Hadrian, 1908, Earthwork of England (London) p184-5
Edwards, E., 1858, Notes on the Castellated Structures of Shropshire p18

Journal Articles

1925-6, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol43 pxii-xiii
1900, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol11 px
Fortey, 1899, Archaeologia Cambrensis [ser5] Vol16 p215-9
1891, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol3 p12

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

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p388, 397
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol2 p80

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