More information : (SO 3741 8951) Tumulus (NR) (1)
A large round barrow, the northeast part cut away by road and excavation. Urn and burnt bones found before 1872. Wright considered it to be Roman. The finds are now lost. (2)
Listed as a Norman castle (The claim is unsupported. The site was not visited and the only source of evidence is VCH). (3)
This much mutilated fragment of a mound 2.8 m high had an original diameter of some 18.0m. There is no trace of a ditch, and it is now incorporated into the kitchen garden of a farmhouse.
It is situated in a valley bottom alongside the Craven Arms - Bishops Stoke road, an ancient valley route, at a crossing of the River Onny.
Although it is difficult to explain the finding of an "urn and burnt bones", the height and position of the mound suggest it is a motte. Published survey (25") revised. (4)
Scheduled listing. (5)
The mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. It was not possible to clarify the interpretation or date of this feature based on aerial photographic evidence . (6) |