Talk:Castle Hill, Mere

Merge

Tagged for over eight months; as it stands, it could be a useful subsection of the main article, but as it is, and unsourced, it just doesn't make it as an article on its own. Rodhullandemu 23:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Castle Hill, Mere/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dank (talk · contribs) 01:55, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Review.

• "At the same time the village was expanded into a planned town, including with an unofficial market.": ... a planned town with an unofficial market.
• "After Richard, his son Edmund inherited the property": I think I prefer "Richard's son Edmund inherited the property" - Dank (push to talk) 01:55, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
• The toolbox gives 3 "not founds" for external links. Otherwise:

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Thanks Dank. I've updated the Parish Council links. The toolbox is suggesting that the gatehouse link is also broken, but this seems to be incorrect - clicking on the link appears to get through to the website correctly. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Passed. Everything checks out. - Dank (push to talk) 11:58, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

18th-century excavations

From Coad, Jonathan (1994). "Medieval Fortifications and Post-Medieval Artillery Defences: Developments in Post-War Research and Future Trends". Building on the Past: papers celebrating 150 years of the Royal Archaeological Institute. Royal Archaeological Institute. pp. 215–227. ISBN 0-903986-30-2.

The earliest castle excavation noted in the R.C.H.M.E. inventory took place at Mere in Wiltshire between 1700 and 1750. Little is known about the motives of the excavator, but it is fairly safe to assume that the 'humps and bumps' of the earthworks were what attracted him."

No further details than the above quote, but perhaps a useful note for the article. Richard Nevell (talk) 11:27, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Richard, sounds good. Happy if I add something in later? NB: have you seen any formal publications on the recent dating at Skipsea Castle? I've seen the mass media reports, but nothing more formal. Hchc2009 (talk) 11:36, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Go right ahead. With Skipsea the closest we have to a formal publication at the moment is the project's blog site, roundmoundsproject.wordpress.com. The project runs for another year, so I should think there will be journal articles or similar in the works, but I've not been able to track down a grey literature report yet - probably because it's very new. Richard Nevell (talk) 12:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)