More information : SD 513892 Hawes Bridge, Natland. An obviously man-adapted motte-type mound is located above the river at Hawes Bridge. This may also possibly be the site of Bothelford DMV. (1)
While Higham identifies the Bodelford site at Hawes Bridge with a `man-adapted earth-type mound' on the bridging point of the Kent River downstream from the Roman fort at Watercrook, Marsh argues that the site is unsuitable for a motte, and the mound probably represents canal workings. `Bodelford name is early and likely to refer to the village of the Roman Fort by the ford. A Roman road crosses there.' (2) |