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Monument Number 234418
Hob Uid: 234418
Location : Hampshire Gosport Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SU5843000110
Summary : Earthwork remains of a castle mound and bailey. The mound rises 4.5 metres above the bailey, but has been damaged on the south face, possibly by the removal of trees. The bailey is surrounded by a well preserved bank, circa 1 metre wide and rising up to 1.5 metres above the enclosure. On the west the bailey bank rises circa 3 metres above the flood plain of the river Alver. Scheduled.
More information : (SU 58430011) Windmill Mound (GT) (1) Castle Mound. (2) At Rowner the monks had a windmill. (3,4) A tree-covered, overgrown mound, resembling a round barrow, but suspiciously near the edge of overgrown gravel diggings. A sceduled ancient monument. (5) A castle mound, with a small bailey on its S side, commanding a crossing of the River Alver. The mound rises 4.5m above the bailey, but has been damaged on the south face, possibly by the removal of trees. The bailey is surrounded by a well preserved bank, c 1.0m wide and rising up to 1.5m above the enclosure. On the west the bailey bank rises c.3m above the flood plain of the R Alver. There are traces of a ditch on the north side of the motte, but most of it has been destroyed by the construction of a modern road. There are no traces of a ditch outside the bailey. No entrance is now visible, but it may have been from the north-west between the mound and the bailey bank. The earthwork is now heavily overgrown. (6) No change. Published 1:2500 survey correct. (7) (SU 58430011) Motte & Bailey (NR) (8) No change. 1:2500 Survey correct. (9) Listed by Cathcart King. (10)

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Source details : OS 6" 1931-8
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Source details : OS 1:1250 1974
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Monument Types:

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

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HA 482
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24322
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 50 SE 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-01-19
End Date : 1956-01-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-01-24
End Date : 1969-01-24

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1983-02-01
End Date : 1983-02-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
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Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 234418