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Shuckburgh Castle, Dullingham

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Fir Bush

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.
This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable. Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL61115913

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Air Photo from multimap logo

1st edition OS Map from old maps logo

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 377143 County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number; 07391

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