The Gatehouse website record for Shuckburgh Castle, Dullingham

In the civil parish of Dullingham. In the historic county of Cambridgeshire (Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire, 1974 county of Cambridgeshire).

Cambridgeshire HER record of site of medieval castle. No other details but seems to reference 1836 OS map. 1890 OS map shows as site of Shuckburgh Castle and also of gravel pits so it is doubtful if anything remains and even aerial photos or geophysical survey will not be able to reveal meaningful evidence. Site now copse. Site now fairly isolated and not the recorded site of a DMV. As far as I am to ascertain the Shuckburgh family came from Warwickshire and, although marriages moved various branches about the country, do not seem to have had medieval holdings in Cambridgeshire. The VCH parish history for Dullingham has no relevant information and the name Shuckburgh does not occur in in an volume of the VCH for Cambs except as a C20 authors name. I suspect this was a post-medieval house but this needs further investigation and I would welcome further information and suggestions.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL61115913

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 377143
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 07391 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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