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Monument Number 106884
Hob Uid: 106884
Location : County of Herefordshire Walford, Letton and Newton
Grid Ref : SO3914072410
Summary : Earthwork remains of a Motte and Bailey Castle. A motte 3 metres high and 30 metres in diameter. It is surrounded by a dry ditch, the south side of which was filled in 1930 during the construction of a water pipeline from the Elan Valley. Some 13th to 14th century pottery has been found on the site. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 39147240) Castle Mound (NR) (1) Mound about 94 ft in diameter at the base and rises about 9 or 10 ft above the surrounding ground. The ditch round the mound is interrupted on the SW side by remains of a causeway. (2) Motte and bailey castle. (3) A motte 3.0m high has an overall diameter of 30.0 m. It was surroundedby a dry ditch, the south side of which was filled in in 1930 during the construction of a water pipeline from the Elan Valley (a). There is no trace of masonry on the motte and no evidence of a bailey. Published survey (25") revised.(4) Listed by Cathcart King. (5) Shoesmith states there were two baileys and that 13th to 14th century pottery has been found on the site. (6) The motte and its outer ditch are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (7-8)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 13th to 14th century
Monument End Date : 1399
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Motte, Bailey
Evidence : Earthwork, Find, Conjectural Evidence

Components and Objects:

Period : Medieval
Component Monument Type : Motte, Bailey
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1711
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27488
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.222.23
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 37 SE 25
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-05-15
End Date : 1972-05-15

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 106884