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Monument Number 107846
Hob Uid: 107846
Location : County of Herefordshire Madley
Grid Ref : SO4064038400
Summary : Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey. The motte is 2.5 metres high and 45 metres in diameter at the base. it is mutilated on its crest and destroyed in the south west by the construction of Castle Farm, a late 16th or early 17th century timber-framed farmhouse that has been heavily modernised. Traces of a ditch, now 0.4 metres deep remain in the north west, but the bailey to the south west implied by RCHME is apparently natural. The scale of destruction at the site means interpretaion of the castle is ambiguous, and the identification of the motte debatable; it may have been a later fortified manor site.
More information : (SO 40643840) Mound (NR). (1) A slight artificial earthwork on top of a natural mound. It is about 40yds diameter at the base but has been much damaged by the erection of the house and farm buildings of Castle Farm. (2-3) SO 40643840. A motte, some 2.5m high, 45.0m diameter at its base, mutilated on its crest and destroyed in the SW by the construction of Castle Farm. Traces of a ditch, now 0.4m deep remain in the NW, but the bailey to the SW implied by the RCHM is apparently natural. Published Survey 25" revised. (4) Listed by Shoesmith and Cathcart King. (5-6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Source details : Phillips, N. 2006. 'The Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250'. BAR
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Monument Types:

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

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1633
Monument Start Date : 1567
Monument Type : Farmhouse, Timber Framed Building
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 155102
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 43 NW 9
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-02-09
End Date : 1971-02-09

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Monument Number 107846