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English Civil War

Siege of Oakham Castle

1644
Rutland, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Rutland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Siege of Oakham Castle was a Civil War siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought in the area of Rutland, England in 1644. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It belongs to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639 to 1651, when the forces of Crown and Parliament fought across England, Scotland and Ireland.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Siege of Oakham Castle lies on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Oakham Castle

Butter Cross and stocks
Butter Cross and stocks
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Butter Cross and stocks is a medieval market monument located in Rutland. The structure comprises a stone cross base that formerly supported a cross shaft, together with adjoining stocks, reflecting the dual functions typical of market towns in the medieval period. The monument dates to the medie…

Simon Garbutt. SiGarb 23:36, 26 October 2006 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

Oakham motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification in Rutland, established in the late eleventh century following the conquest of 1066. The castle comprises a substantial motte, or earthen mound, surrounded by a bailey, or defended enclosure, typical of the earliest Norman military architec…

Simon Garbutt. SiGarb 21:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Barnhill moated site at Hambleton is a medieval moated enclosure situated in Rutland, England. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding a rectangular platform, a characteristic defensive and status-bearing feature of medieval settlement that dates to the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moat…

Kate Jewell / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Moor Lane moated site, Whissendine
Moor Lane moated site, Whissendine
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Moor Lane moated site is a medieval moated homestead located at Whissendine in Rutland. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat enclosing an area of domestic occupation, typical of the moated settlements that proliferated across the Midlands during the medieval period. The moat itself s…

Kate Jewell / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
Scheduled monument · ~4.3 mi

Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a turf maze located in Rutland, England. The monument represents a form of recreational or possibly ritual landscape feature, though the precise historical origins and date of this particular example remain uncertain from available scholarl…

No machine-readable author provided. SiGarb assumed (based on copyright claims). / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way is a medieval market cross located in Rutland, England. The monument serves as a focal point of the historic settlement and represents the commercial and social infrastructure of the medieval period. The cross's position at a principal…

Alan Murray-Rust / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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