Warren Knoll, Tilsworth

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

Turf covered motte, situated at the South-West end of the ridge in the garden of the vicarage, having been heavily mutilated by the building of a summer house and store within it. The motte measures 3.2m high and 33.0m east-west by 28.0m north-south. No ditch is apparent. A small excavation showed that the mound had been surrounded by a ditch, 6.0m wide, with a flat bottom. The mound is almost certainly a motte. Slight traces off an encircling mound can be seen in the fields to the east and north and this may be the remains of an outer fortification, possibly a bailey. Excavated in 1972.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP975243

PastScape number; 346565

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p17
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p7
Wadmore, Beauchamp, 1920, The Earthworks of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p125-7
Doubleday, H.Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), 1904, VCH Bedford Vol1 p291

Journal Articles

Baker, D., 1982, 'Mottes, Moats and ringworks in Bedfordshire: Beauchamp Wadmore revisited' Château Gaillard Vol9-10 p35-54 [plan]
1973, CBA Group 9: South Midlands Archaeology newsletter Vol3 p42-3
1973, Journal of the Manshead Archaeological Society Vol22 p17-18

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Warren Knoll, Tilsworth

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP975243

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