More information : [ST 79764424] HALES CASTLE [GT] (1)
Hales Castle is a circular enclosure 40 yds in diameter, comprising bank and outer ditch. See AO/LP/64/46 (2-3)
Hales Castle is situated as the northern slope of Roddenbury Hill in a position that commands a large area to the north and north-west. It appears to be a ring motte with an apparently unfinished bailey, on the north. The entrance to the bailey is near the centre of the north side, and opposite this there seems to have been a drawbridged entrance to the motte. No building remains can be seen. Re-surveyed at 1:2500. See G.P. No. M/65/5 by Miss E Overend, Frome Field Club. (4)
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Scheduled. (6)
ST 798 442: Earthworks on the N side of Hales Castle, visible on aerial photographs. (7) |