More information : SE 7631 6738. Earthwork (NR). (1)
Excavation in 1953/4 by Thompson for the MOW (because of a proposal to level the site) established that there were two phases of mediaeval occupation:-
I) A 12th century timber-built hall within a roughly triangular enclosure. The small bank and ditch showed no traces of defences and it may have been merely to contain stock.
II) A larger stone-built hall within a much enlarged defensive enclosure.
Pottery found represents a period from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 13th centuries, and documentary evidence seems to confirm that the site was abandoned before the end of the 13th century.
A Roman coin and sherds of Crambeck ware were also found, as well as Neolithic flints, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead. (2)
Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
SE 763 673. A raised area with internal banks and dry moat. Listed by Renn as a castle site. (4-4a)
The earthwork moat described authorities 1 and 4 was mapped from poor quality air photographs. Morphological description: an incomplete, rectangular enclosure, 52m by 50m, defined by 1 bank, with 4 sides visible. Centred at:-SE 7630 6738 (Morph Nos. HH.113.1.1-2)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (5)
SE 763 673. Earthworks near Huttons Ambo Station. Scheduled no. NY/435. (6)
Listed as a strong house by Cathcart King. (7) |