Loggerheads Auctioneers Mound (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Loggerheads.
In the historic county of Staffordshire.
Modern Authority of Staffordshire.
1974 county of Staffordshire.
Medieval County of Staffordshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SJ76343650
Latitude 52.92547° Longitude -2.35326°

Loggerheads Auctioneers Mound has been described as a probable Timber Castle.

There are earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

An earthwork mound surviving under rough grassland, which is scheduled as a round barrow. It is considered that this may not actually be a barrow, but possibly be the remains of a motte. It is known locally as the Auctioneers Mound and a service is held on the mound once a year on Plough Sunday. (Staffs HER)

Bowl barrow surviving as an earthen mound 1.8m high and 20m in diameter; it is 9m in diameter across its flattened top. A ditch, approximately 3m wide, originally surrounded the mound but this is now infilled. (EH Scheduling Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1011065, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 21530
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 74247.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 00085.

Periodical Articles
- Gunstone, A.J.H., 1965, 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of Staffordshire: Part 2' North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Vol. 5 p. 32
  Beckett, J.H., 1923-4, Transactions of the North Staffordshire Field Club Vol. 58 p. 123
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. A.M. 107 (C.A.Snowdon, 1982)

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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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Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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