Coughton Danes Bank

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cappa Hill

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

Long rectangular mound crowning the top of Cappa Hill. It is like a gigantic barrow encompassed by a double rampart, terminating on the N side with 2 rectangular enclosures reported by Burgess. OS survey in 1968 report there is nothing extant to warrant an archaeological association. It is an enclosed/banked area within the precincts of Coughton Park that has been used for major quarrying work, possibly of C17 - C18 date. The two 'highest points' on Burgess' plan are spoil/upcast ridges - his 2 rectangular enclosures are not traceable, and the 'ravine with water' is a deep quarry pit. Whether there was occupation on the hill prior to the industrial working cannot now be ascertained. The site is not particularly defensively strong, is very water-logged, and no record has been encountered re local archaeological finds. The site is now under thick bracken with light tree growth.

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 SP06456022

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 328770

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 547

• Web site links
  • http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA547
• Books
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p486 [possible]
    Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1945, VCH Warwickshire Vol3 p74
    Willoughby Gardner, 1904, in Doubleday, H.A. and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Warwickshire Vol1 p371-3
• Journal Articles
  • Burgess T., 1876, Archaeological Journal Vol33 p376-7
    1784, The gentleman's magazine Vol54