Lambley Round Hill (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Lambley.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire.
Modern Authority of Nottinghamshire.
1974 county of Nottinghamshire.
Medieval County of Nottinghamshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK63174568
Latitude 53.00471° Longitude -1.05992°

Lambley Round Hill has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

A flat topped mound, 80' in diam and surrounded by a 10' wide ditch, was excavated in 1949. The mound, topped with a 4" layer of charcoal, was 4'6" high from the bottom of the ditch. Pottery finds (mainly Nottingham greenglaze) suggests a construction date of not earlier than 1250, but more probably nearer c. 1450. Traditionally the site of a mill, but no traces of a building were found. The layer of charcoal suggests its use as a beacon (Mein)
The mound still survives but is now reduced is diameter to 18.0m having been mutilated about most of its perimeter by a mechanical digger. The surrounding ditch no longer exists, and the field about is arable. The description of windmill mound seems most apt. (Field Investigators Comments–F1 BHS 11-FEB-75). (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1006379, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number nt164
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 320010.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) M17208; M1755.

Books
- Hughes, D., 1986, Charm and Romance of Lambley (Lambley)
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 381 (reject)
  Stevenson, W., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Nottinghamshire Vol. 1 p. 305 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Mein, A.G., 1949, Peverel Research Group p. 9-10
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Historic England, 2016, Heritage at Risk East Midlands Register 2016 (London: Historic England) p. 71 online copy
  Historic England, 2015, Heritage at Risk East Midlands Register 2015 (London: Historic England) p. 65 online copy
  English Heritage, 2014, Heritage at Risk Register 2014 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 64 online copy
  English Heritage, 2013, Heritage at Risk Register 2013 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 64 online copy
  English Heritage, 2012, Heritage at Risk Register 2012 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 71 online copy
  English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 65 online copy
  English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 17 online copy
  English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009 East Midlands (London: English Heritage) p. 63 online copy
  Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 483-4 online copy

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

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