Cainhoe Castle, Clophill (The Gatehouse Record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1009248, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 20440
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 360008.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 225.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Bedford Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council
  Wikipedia entry
Books
- Petre, James Scott, 2012, The Castles of Bedfordshire (Lavenham: Lavenham Press for Shaun Tyas) p. 56-62 (plan)
  Lowerre, A.G., 2008, 'Why here and not there? The Location of Early Norman Castles in the South-East East Midlands' in C.P. Lewis (ed), Anglo-Norman Studies 29. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2006 (Woddbridge) p. 126
  Lowerre, A.G., 2007, 'A GIS Analysis of the Location of Late-Eleventh-Century Castles in the Southeastern Midlands of England' in' Clark, J.T. and E.M. Hagemeister (eds.) Digital Discovery. Exploring New Frontiers in Human Heritage (Archaeolingua) p. 239-252 online copy
  Edgeworth, M., 2007, 'The Medieval Period' in M. Oake et al, Bedfordshire Archaeology. Research and Archaeology: Resource Assessment, Research Agenda and Strategy (Bedfordshire Archaeology Monograph 9) p. 99
  Lowerre, A.G., 2005, Placing Castles in the Conquest. Landscape, Lordship and Local Politics in the South-Eastern Midlands, 1066-1100 (Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd: BAR British Series 385) p. 127-8
  Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 13
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 3
  David Jordan, David Haddon-Reece, and Alex Bayliss (eds), 1994, Radiocardon Dates from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981 (London: English Heritage) p. 38 online copy
  Brown, R.Allen, 1989, Castles from the Air (Cambridge University Press) p. 69-70
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 5
  Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p. 198
  Bigmore, P., 1979, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Landscape (London: Hodder and Stoughton, The Making of the English Landscape Series) p. 99
  Godber, J., 1969, History of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p. 23
  Wadmore, Beauchamp, 1920, The Earthworks of Bedfordshire (Bedford) p. 95-7
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Bedfordshire Vol. 2 p. 324 online transcription
  Goddard, A.R., 1904, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Doubleday, H.Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Bedfordshire Vol. 1 p. 291-2
  Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England Vol. 1 p. 139 online copy
Periodical Articles
- 1987, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 17 p. 27 online copy
  Baker, David, 1983, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 13 p. 3 online copy
  1982, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 12 p. 17 online copy
  Baker, D., 1982, 'Cainhoe Castle' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 139 p. 32-4
  Baker, D., 1982, 'Mottes, Moats and ringworks in Bedfordshire: Beauchamp Wadmore revisited' Château Gaillard Vol. 9-10 p. 35-54 (plan)
  1978, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 8 p. 36 online copy
  1977, 'Harwell Radiocarbon Measurements II' Radiocarbon Vol. 19 p. 417 online copy
  1977, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 7 p. 40 online copy
  Taylor, A.J. and Woodward, P., 1975, 'Cainhoe Castle excavations 1973' Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 10 p. 41-52 online copy (large file)
  Taylor, A. and Woodward, P., 1974, 'Cainhoe Castle, Clophill, Bedfordshire' South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter Vol. 4 p. 14 online copy
  Dyer, J.F., 1962-3, 'Bedfordshire Earthworks VIII, The Castles: Part One' Bedfordshire magazine Vol. 8 no. 63 p. 270-1
  Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 199 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Lowerre, A.G., 2004, Placing Castles in the Conquest. Landscape, Lordship and Local Politics in the South-Eastern Midlands, 1066-1100 (PhD thesis: Boston College) p. 444-46

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