Meppershall Village Defences

In the civil parish of Meppershall.
In the historic county of Bedfordshire (Modern Authority of Bedfordshire, 1974 county of Bedfordshire).

Post conquest earthern embankment defending village. Substantial lengths remain. This is included with the castle (qv) earthworks in the PastScape.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL138362

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; 362452

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p259
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p14
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) Vol1 p6, 8
Doubleday, H.Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), 1904, VCH Bedford Vol1 p295-6

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