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Cricklade Town Wall
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Crecgelade
In the civil parish of Cricklade.
In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).
Cosiderable lengths remains of Saxon earth and stone wall utilized post-Conquest. Excavations have discerned four elements of the circuit: A timber-revetted clay and turf bank; a double-ditch system externally; an intra-mural walkway around the inner face of the bank; a simple tower at each corner inside the bank. A stone wall, 4ft thick at the base, was added to the front of the bank, probably early in C10.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU103933
PastScape number;
222196
Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p36, 57, 64, 177-8, 234, 255
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p89
Hill, David and Rumble, Alexander R., 1996, The defence of Wessex: the Burghal Hidage and Anglo-Saxon fortifications p200-1
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p503
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p191
Thomson (ed), 1958-61, Materials for a History of Cricklade (Oxford) p66-7
Journal Articles
- 1986, Medieval Archaeology Vol30 p99-102
Haslam, J., 1981, 'A 'ward' of the burh of Cricklade' Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Vol76 p77-81
Radford, C.A.R. et al, 1975-6, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Vol70/71 p131
Radford, C.A.R., 1972, 'Excavations at Cricklade 1948-1963' Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Vol67 p61-111
Radford, C.A.R., 1970, 'The later pre-Conquest boroughs and their defences' Medieval Archaeology Vol14 p88-91
1964, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Vol59 p188
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