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Hawridge Court ringwork is a medieval earthwork monument located in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises a circular or oval bank and ditch formation typical of ringwork castles, a fortified settlement type common in England during the 11th and 12th centuries. Ringworks served as defensive strongholds for local lords and were often constructed rapidly as alternatives to more elaborate motte-and-bailey castles. The earthworks at Hawridge Court represent an important example of the modest but strategically significant fortifications that characterised the Norman period and its aftermath in southern England.
Hawridge Court ringwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014603. View the official record →
Hawridge Court ringwork is a medieval earthwork monument located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014603.
Hawridge Court ringwork is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood (3.6 km), Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm (3.9 km), Moated site at Grove Farm, Ashley Green (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hawridge Court ringwork's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hawridge Court ringwork stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.