More information : (SP82477670) Ditched mound shown but not described. (1)
A motte 16 feet high above the surrounding ditch, with a flat top 45 feet in diameter, in a plantation a 1/4 mile NW of the church at Cransley. A diagonal section has been cut from the mound. There is no trace of a bailey or of stonework. Described as a tumulus on OS 1", 1835. (2)
A small motte utilised as a landscaped feature within Cransley Wood. (3)
Motte (?)(SP 82477670) in Cransley Wood, on Boulder Clay at 122 m. above OD. The site is perhaps a motte, placed to overlook and protect the village to the S. However it is possible that it is post-medieval in date and connected with landscaping. The present ditch is certainly too small and narrow for the ditch of a motte, but the existence of what may be part of an earlier ditch on the NE is perhaps significant.The mound is not shown on a map of the village of 1598 though may not be of significance. (4)
Listed by Cathcart King. (5) |