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Monument Number 106483
Hob Uid: 106483
Location : County of Herefordshire Staunton on Arrow
Grid Ref : SO3696060030
Summary : The earthwork remains of a Motte and possible baileys. The mound is 5.4 metres above the ditch on the north side, where the ditch is 0.6 metres deep. To the south the ditch has been destroyed. The tops of the natural ridges to the north and west, may have been used as baileys, but there is now no evidence of this. The mound has been mapped from aerial photographs by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. The baileys were not recorded by that survey. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 36966003) CASTLE MOUND (NR). (1) Mound, or motte, circular with a flat top and surrounded by a dry ditch. The diameter at the top is about 63 ft and it rises at most 28 ft above the bottom of the ditch. There can be little or no doubt that it is a castle-mound. Ill-defined scarpings to the S and W may indicate the former existence of one or more baileys. (2-3) This mound appears to be a motte. It rises some 5.4 m above the ditch on the north side, where the ditch is 0.6 m deep. To the S the ditch has been destroyed. The tops of the natural ridges to the north and west, may have been used as baileys, but there is now no evidence of this. Published survey (25") revised. (4) Additional references. (5-7) The mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. The supposed baileys were not recorded by that survey. (8-9)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte, Bailey
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 341
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.193.2
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 120
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 36 SE 7
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-06-12
End Date : 1972-06-12

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 106483