Churchover Motte

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Wavrei; Waverei; Coton

In the civil parish of Churchover.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Called Motte by King and Renn. PastScape records as 'Mound believed to be either a Bronze Age bowl barrow or a windmill mound. It is 30m in diameter and 4-5m high.' Although now isolated from settlement is near to DMV of Coton and surviving high status house and environs. Has not been excavated or even investigated since 1904. Has been identified as the castellum de Waverei mentioned in Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 3b and held by de Waver (sub Stafford). The landscape has been disturbed by construction of motorway.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP51887878

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 340129

Web site links

http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/140/churchovercastle.htm
http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA2779

Books

Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p25
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p482
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Willoughby Gardner, 1904, in Doubleday, H.A. and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Warwickshire Vol1 p368

Journal Articles

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]
Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol67 pp32

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 3b

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