Monument Number 106483 |
Hob Uid: 106483 | |
Location : County of Herefordshire Staunton on Arrow
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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) |