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Monument Number 107648
Hob Uid: 107648
Location : County of Herefordshire Kentchurch
Grid Ref : SO4216027000
Summary : Probable enclosed (possibly moated) homestead scheduled as a motte. The site consists of an oval mound with steep sides and a level summit measuring approximately 40m north south by 25m east west. Surrounded by a ditch on all except the south west side (where there is a brook). The ditch is 5m wide and up to 2m deep. There is a causeway across the ditch in the north east quarter. Scheduled.
More information : SO 4216 2700 Tump (NR). (1) "TUMP.... a roughly oval mound, 50' x 43' surrounded by a dry ditch except on the SW where there is a natural slope towards the brook. The mound has an average height of 12' above the bottom of the ditch and traces of a causeway on the NE side; S of this causeway a short length of the outer scarp of the ditch forms an isolated bank with a slight ditch on the three outer sides. On the top of the mound are three small platforms. Condition - Fairly Good". Plan p XXXIV. Recommended for preservation - p XXVIII. (2) An early medieval moated site to the E of Boweston Court Wood. (3) An oval enclosure 36.0m long NNW - SSE and 20.0m wide, situated on a small promontory in the N angle between two valleys. A curved ditch averaging 2.0 m deep isolates the promontory in the N and there is an entrance in the E between the artifical and natural defences. The platforms within the enclosure referred to by RCHM can no longer be identified with any certainty in the undergrowth. Published Survey 25" revised. (4) Additional references. (5-7) Listed by Shoesmith as a Tump (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date :
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Enclosed Settlement, Motte, Moat, Ditch, Building Platform
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27546
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 42 NW 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-06-21
End Date : 1972-06-21

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 107648