Monument record 724/1 - Shipbrook Castle

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3/253 (N) (Book). SCH1389.

Site of a Norman castle is indicated by the name Castle Hill, between Shipbrook Bridge & Shipbrook Hill Farm. The remains are said to have actually existed on this spot c.1789 & to have been cleared away…

<2> Royal Archaeological Institute, 1845-Present, Archaeological Journal, 46/202 1889 Allen (Journal/Periodical). SCH338.

Probably a mound

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ67SE7/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

No trace of castle. Shipbrook Hill Farm is on a river escarpment & there is no high ground between there & the bridge

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 2/208 (Book). SCH3228.

Dodgson gives grid reference of SJ672712

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, RE 6/12/2006 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Locals suggest it may be located within the area covered by the cow sheds at Shipbrookhill