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Urishay Castle
Hob Uid: 105825
Location : County of Herefordshire Peterchurch
Grid Ref : SO3230037560
Summary : Late 11th or early 12th century ruined chapel and 17th or 18th century house on the site of a castle mound and associated bailey. The latter has largely disappeared. The earthwork remains of the motte and part of the bailey have been surveyed by the OS and mapped from aerial photographs. The mound is about 47.5m in diameter at the base and is surrounded by a ditch. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 3229 3757) Urishay Castle on site of (NAT) Urishay Castle (NR) Chapel (NR). (1) Urishay Castle - house and earthworks. "A large mound with traces of an outer enclosure on the NE and N. The mound is about 52 yds in diameter at the base and is surrounded by a ditch. It is now occupied by the ruins of a 17th and 18th century house and the sides have been terraced and revetted with 17th century stonework. There is a stone causeway with a culvert crossing the ditch on the SE and remains of a bridge on the NE side. The mound rises about 20ft above the bottom of the ditch. The outer enclosure is represented by traces of terracing and remains of a rampart. Within it stands Urishay Chapel". (2) This has possible 12th century features and has been recently restored. Urishay Chapel is dilapidated. (3) (2-3) The house, chapel and castle mound are unchanged but the bailey is no longer visible. To the east of the earthwork is a hollow way approaching the mound transversely up the steep slope. Published survey 25" revised. (4) A survey of the ruined chapel in 1979 confirmed a 12th century dating with partial rebuilding and refurbishing between the 13th and 20th centuries. (5) SO 323376. Motte and bailey. (6-7) Intensive archaeological survey of chapel undertaken 1979-83 by the City of Hereford Archaeology Committee funded by DOE (Ancient Monuments Branch) during structural consolidation of walling in danger of collapse. Original rectangular building now appears to be of late 11th or early 12th century date, with an apsidal east end. Ownership now with the Friends of Friendless Churches who have undertaken a partial restoration. A reassessment of Urishay Castle, a house previously dated to the 17th and 18th century (see authority 2) suggests an earlier date for parts of the surviving fabric. [See also SO 33 NW 41]. (8) Additional reference. (9) The earthwork remains of the motte and part of the bailey enclosure described by the previous authorities were seen centred at SO 3230 3756 and mapped from aerial photographs. The remains of a trackway can be seen leading from the bailey eastwards. This is thought to be associated with the remains of the DMV of Urishay and are recorded separately in SO33NW 41. (10) Additional references. (11-12)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Late C11 or early C12
Monument End Date : 1132
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte And Bailey, Chapel
Evidence : Earthwork, Ruined Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Restored and altered
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Chapel
Evidence : Ruined Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C17 or 18
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1600
Monument Type : House, Garden
Evidence : Ruined Building, Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HW 131a
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HW131b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27516
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.55.2
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 89525
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 33 NW 7
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-09-21
End Date : 1971-09-21

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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1979-01-01
End Date : 1979-12-31

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1981-01-01
End Date : 1981-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

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Urishay Castle