| More information : [NT 98192785[ Camp [OE] Green Castle [TI]. (1)
Ditch visible on W an N sides, and possible traces of 2 mole ditches on W side. (Known locally as the "Cup and Saucer"). (2)
Green Castle Camp or Cup and Saucer Camp. Its form is that of half an ellipse with diameters of about 120x and 45x, area not more than half an acre, it stands on a cliff and slopes gradually eastward. Two silver pennies of Edward I were found here. (3)
A motte type earthwork. (4)
This earthwork is situated at the bend of a stream in a strongly
defensive position. It consists of a large mound with a rampart
along the top NW and SW faces; additional defences consist of a broad strong ditch to the SW and an outer scarped bank to the NW. Elsewhere the defences are natural and precipitous. There are no traces of internal occupation or entrances. A water supply is adjacent. The defences appear stronger than is usually associated with Northumbrian prehistoric or native sites, and this feature is possibly an early ring castle of Early Medieval date. There are no additional defences to the west. Location of finds noted not ascertained. (5)
The work is of ring motte type, formed by the addition of a ditch to
the north and west sides of a strongly placed natural hillock, and the consequent raising of it on those sides.
Published survey (1:2500) revised. (6)
NT 981 278. Green Castle camp. Scheduled no. ND/205. (7)
Listed by Cathcart King as a partial ringwork. (8)
Visible on an oblique aerial photograph (10)
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeoloy Project. (See archive object MD000292)
The motte is visible as earthworks in lidar and was mapped as part of the Northern Cheviot Hills Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project. (11)
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