Fortified manor house, probably built circa 1567. The remains of the house occupy the north east angle of a C12 motte enclosed by the remains of a circa 1330 wall. Remains of a C14 chapel are also within the walls. The motte is not quite circular, measuring some 50m by 45m at the base, and tapering to 10m in diameter at the top. it is 9m high and surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is 5m wide and 1.5m deep. There may have been two baileys. A polygonal curtain wall overlies one of the baileys. Recent excavations (2000) were apparently done without archaeological supervision!

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Name	Hartshill Castle
Alternative Names
Historic County	Warwickshire
Civil Parish	Hartshill
Type	Timber Castle Fortified Manor House
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Masonry footings
Listed	Grade 2
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	SP325943
Eastings	432540
Northing	294330
Images of England Reference	309189
PastScape Reference	336263
Historic Environment Record	240

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Books

• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p257
• Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p49
• Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p29-30
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p482
• Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p239
• Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
• Pevsner, Nikolaus and Wedgwood, Alexandra, 1966, The buildings of England: Warwickshire p307
• Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1947, VCH Warwickshire Vol4 p131
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)

Journals

• Wilson, M., 2006, 'Demystifying Hartshill Castle: recent conservation and research' West Midlands Archaeology Vol49 p2-7
• Wilson, M., 2006, 'Hartshill Castle and an issue of trust' The Archaeologist Vol60 p24-5
• Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol67 p8-9
• Chatwin, P.B., 1928, Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol53 p206-10

Unpublished

• Baker, H.D., 1987, Warwickshire Monument Evaluation and Presentation Project
• Brown, G., 1997, A field investigation and survey at Hartshill Hayes