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Monument Number 370506
Hob Uid: 370506
Location : Essex Uttlesford Elmdon
Grid Ref : TL4599439980
Summary : Medieval ringwork in Castle Grove.
More information : TL 45983998 Mound (NR) (1) Fortified Mound in Castle Grove. In good condition but thickly planted. (2) Fortified Mound, in Castle Grove, is 45.5m metres in diameter at the base and has a strong rampart round the top. A ditch, now dry, surrounds the mount. Condition, good but overgrown, correct as show on 6" Field Sheet. (3) A circular ringwork located on a prominent north facing spur. It is tree planted and scrub covered. The work measures overall 60.0m in diameter, with the mound attaining height of 3.5m above the bottom of a surrounding dry ditch which averages about 12.0m in width. The interior, level with the surrounding ground, has a perimeter bank about 2.0m high on the south side reducing to about 1.0m high on the north west side. The only mutilation of the work is an apparently modern cut through the interior bank on the south east side. Published survey (25") revised. (4) Listed as a class A ringwork. (5) TL 46003995. Survey at the ringwork. (6) Listed by Cathcart King. (7)

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Monument Types:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 20679
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 43 NE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1950-04-24
End Date : 1950-04-24

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-03-04
End Date : 1975-03-04

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 370506