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NOTES ON PHILIP DAVIS'S GATEHOUSE GAZETTEERS OF MEDIEVAL FORTIFICATIONS

Information last update 4 July 2016.

The information in these gazetteers is almost entirely derived from published (including online) sources and represents little fieldwork on my part (It does, however, represent years of other research). This gazetteer is freely provided be me to assist those who study medieval fortifications and can be used and altered as required. However, it should be noted that a considerable amount of this gazetteer is derived from information compiled by and/or for copyright of English Heritage (and its successor Historic England), The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales, various other organisations and individuals under the general principle of fair use. These gazetteers are provided for personal study and any commercial use of the information in these gazetteers will require the permission of the numerous copyright holders. I will not assist in identifying these copyright holders beyond the information already given within the databases.

 

The Gazetteer can be converted into a database. There are several fields for each entry as below although the nature of the fields can also be derived from study of the website, in particular the help page will give details of how I am classifying the type of fortification. The gazetteers are provided in two formats; The FileMaker Pro format has the most layout informating and is a true database but, of course, requires that you own a copy of FileMaker Pro. The tab delimited database is the pure data and should be transferable into any database program (including Excel) although some formating work will need to be done to make it useable.
From November 2014 I no longer provide a separate Excel version of the database. This is because that version offers no particular benefits over the tab delimited version and the export of some data from Filemake is truncated.
If you need the databases in some other format please contact me at admin(at)gatehouse-gazetteer(full stop)info ad I will try to accommodate you.

 

The databases are used by me both for my own researches and as the bases for the Gatehouse website. Some fields in the database exist entirely to aid formatting of webpages.

 

Because of the limitations of file transfers bibliographical details are given in a plain text version of the Harvard convention with some coding used to allow conversion of these databases into standard Harvard notation in the Gatehouse website. The form is usually - Author surname, Forename (usual just as initials), date, 'article or chapter title' _book title_ or _journal name_ (place of publication: publisher) Vol. # p. #. I use the abbreviation Vol. for volume. The abbreviation p. is used for page and pages; I have not used pp for pages as I feel this is unnecessary. Part is abbreviated as pt. – However, quite often the reference may be in the form Vol. 2.3 for volume 2 part 3.

 

Note that within the database the following coding is used. Text between _text_ (Space underscore text underscore space) is meant to be read as in italic. Text between *text* (startextstar) is meant to be read as in bold. Hyperlinks are between square brackets (except in some fields in the Licences to crenellate database). Where the form [text > url] is found this produces a hyperlink to the given text (i.e. [Help > help.html] reads as Help in the website. Where in normal convention a square bracket would be used (such as comment inserted within a quotation) a curly bracket {} is used instead. Further details can be found in Fouth Wold WebMerge Help.

 

While I have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the data held within these gazetteers, it must be appreciated that much of this is compiled from secondary sources and that the information supplied may not be a full or reliable statement of the archaeological resource. I shall not be held liable in respect of any errors or omissions from the listing provided. (i.e. If you use this site for something important check the secondary sources that I give and then the sources they have used. The purpose of the site is make it easier to find those sources NOT to omit the need to check them.)

Fields - Wales

  1. Name
  2. Alternative Names
  3. Modern Authority
  4. Historic County
  5. Preserved County
  6. Community
  7. Map Ref
  8. OS 6 figure Easting
  9. OS 6 figure Northing
  10. Type
  11. Confidence1
  12. Remains
  13. Description
  14. Comments
  15. Web sites
  16. Texts
  17. Journals
  18. Guidebooks
  19. Unpublished reports and other sources
  20. NPRN (RCAHMW database number)
  21. SMRN (Local Archaeological Trust database monument number)
  22. SAM (Status as Scheduled Ancient Monument)
  23. SAM Number (The official record number)
  24. SAMlink (a number generated by CADW for its online SAM record)
  25. LBN (listed building number)
  26. LBN2 (secondary listed building number(s))
  27. LBNx (used for weblink purpose only)
  28. Listing (Status as Listed Building)
  29. UIN (Unique identification number for this database)
  30. All names
  31. Primary (a primary historical source)
  32. Antiquarian (references in antiquarian sources such as Leland)
  33. LTC (The date of the grant of a licence to crenellate)
  34. LTC Confidence (Confidence regarding a citation to a licence to crenellate)
  35. LTC Type (Type of licence to crenellate)
  36. LTC Link (respective field reference to LTC database - serial2 field)
  37. sixfig OS is the Landranger grid reference given to just six figures (used for mash up to air photo)
  38. NMRN2 (Secondary RCAHMW database numbers)
  39. SMRN2 (secondary HER numbers)
  40. SMRNWeblink
  41. Latitude to five decimal places
  42. Longitude ditto
  43. Palace type (either royal, bishop or other)
  44. TimbCas Type (The type of timber castle either motte, ringwork or other/unknown)
  45. Type2 (secondary type classification)
  46. Type3 (tertiary type classification)
  47. Confidence2 (confidence of Type2)
  48. Confidence3 (ditto)
  49. CastleFacts
  50. BestC (the highest rated confidence statement used for web formating)
  51. Con (Warning used for web formatting only - not a statement of confidence)
  52. VF (used for web formatting)


Fields - England

  1. Name
  2. Alternative Names
  3. Modern Authority
  4. Historic County
  5. 1974 Authority
  6. Medieval County
  7. Civil Parish
  8. Map Ref
  9. Easting
  10. Northing
  11. Type
  12. Confidence1
  13. Remains
  14. Description
  15. Comments
  16. Web sites
  17. Texts
  18. NMRN (PastScape Defra ELS Reference number
  19. SMRN (Local Historic Environment or Sites and Monuments Record reference number)
  20. SAM (Status as Scheduled Ancient Monument)
  21. Listing (Status as Listed Building)
  22. IOEN (Images of England Website number)
  23. UIN (Unique identification number for this database)
  24. Journals
  25. Unpublished reports and other sources
  26. Guidebooks
  27. Primary (a primary historical source)
  28. Antiquarian (references in antiquarian soucres such as Leland)
  29. All names
  30. LTC (The date of the grant of a licence to crenellate)
  31. LTC Confidence (Confidence regarding a citation to a licence to crenellate)
  32. LTC Type (Type of licence to crenellate)
  33. LTC Link (respective field reference to LTC database - serial2 field)
  34. sixfig OS is the Landranger grid reference given to just six figures (used for mash up to air photo)
  35. NMRN2 (secondary PastScape Defra ELS database numbers)
  36. SMRNWeblink
  37. IOEN2 (secondary Images of England Website number(s))
  38. SMRN2 (secondary HER numbers)
  39. Palace type (either royal, bishop or other)
  40. TimbCas Type (The type of timber castle either motte, ringwork or other/unknown)
  41. Latitude to five decimal places
  42. Longitude ditto
  43. Type2 (secondary type classification)
  44. Type3 ditto
  45. Type4 ditto
  46. Confidence2 (confidence of Type2)
  47. Confidence3 ditto
  48. Confidence4 ditto
  49. BestC (the highest rated confidence statement used for web formating)
  50. NHLSMN (The National Heritage List for England Number for scheduled monuments)
  51. NHLLBN (The National Heritage List for England Number for listed buildings)
  52. NHLLBN2 (secondary NHLLBN numbers)
  53. NHLLBN3 (tertiary NHLLBN numbers)
  54. Con (Warning used for web formatting only - not a statement of confidence)
  55. VF (used for web formating)
  56. CastleFacts

Fields - The Islands

  1. Name
  2. Alternative Names
  3. Civil Parish
  4. Map Ref
  5. Northing
  6. Easting
  7. Type
  8. Confidence
  9. Remains
  10. Description
  11. Comments
  12. Web sites
  13. Texts
  14. NMRN
  15. SMRN
  16. SAM (Status as Scheduled Ancient Monument)
  17. Listing (Status as Listed Building)
  18. UIN (Unique identification number for this database)
  19. Journals
  20. Unpublished reports and other sources
  21. Guidebooks
  22. Isle of
  23. Primary (a primary historical source)
  24. Antiquarian (references in antiquarian soucres such as Leland)
  25. LTC (The date of the grant of a licence to crenellate)
  26. LTC Confidence (Confidence regarding a citation to a licence to crenellate)
  27. LTC Type (Type of licence to crenellate)
  28. LTC Link (respective field reference to LTC database - serial2 field)
  29. SMRNWeblink
  30. Latitude to five decimal places (Decimal rather than minutes and seconds)
  31. Longitude ditto
  32. CastleFacts
  33. Type2 secondary type classification
  34. Type3 tertiary type classification
  35. Confidence2 (confidence of Type2)
  36. Confidence3 ditto
  37. sixfig OS is the Landranger grid reference given to just six figures (used for mash up to air photo)

Fields - Licences to Crenellate

  1. Name of Applicant (as on the roll)
  2. Alternative names of Applicant (modernised spellings etc)
  3. Name of Place (as on the roll)
  4. Modern Name of Place
  5. County, if mentioned in licence
  6. Date of licence
  7. Granted by (name of king, or other grantee)
  8. Type (Royal, Royal Pardon, Confirmation/inspeximus, Durham, Durham Pardon, Chester, Lancashire)
  9. Wording
  10. Original Source (Roll reference)
  11. Later Source (Text source)
  12. Comments
  13. Site Link (UIN of place in fortification database)
  14. Regnal Year
  15. PRO
  16. serial2
  17. Grant by (The authority by which the great seal was added i.e. privy seal)
  18. Granted at (The place of the Grant i.e. Westminster)
  19. Rank of App (The social rank of the applicant i.e. knight)
  20. confidence (confidence that the supposed document is a meaningful licence to crenellate - Certain, Revoked, Possible, Reject)
  21. Site Type (Broad classification of the type of building - Private, Town house, Conventual, Urban, Other)
  22. notes
  23. Reason
  24. Biographical comments
  25. Biographical sources
  26. Biographical header
  27. plural