Abstract
AbstractHadleigh Castle, Essex, about 4½ miles west of Southend, is in the guardianship of English Heritage and forms part of a popular country park. It was built by Hubert de Burgh, earl of Kent, sometime between 1215 and 1239, when it was taken into royal hands, and was substantially redeveloped by Edward III in the 1360s. The castle was sold in 1551, and most of the internal buildings then seem to have been systematically demolished. This article highlights some of the findings of recent archaeological field survey and historical research, which have led to an improved understanding of the castle's chronological development and the extent of its earthworks, and have also located the riverside wharf and mill, revealing the importance of the castle's wider estate and landscape context.
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