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| CHER Number: | 06517 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark remains of motte and bailey, Swaffham Bulbeck |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 589 598 |
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| Parish: | Swaffham Bulbeck, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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| Map: | Show this site on map |
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Monument Type(s):
Full description
O1, Cropmarks of a circular and pear shaped enclosures measuring about 100m by 70m overall, (resembling the outline of a ring motte and bailey) visible on CUCAP. No further information.
O2, Situated on a slight ridge in undulating arable about 46m OD are the much reduced remains of a motte and bailey. The bailey, which is the most substantial feature, is sub-triangular and measures 60m N to S 70m transversely within a spread ditch up to 30,0m wide by 1,7m deep. Around the inner edge is the suggestion of an inner rampart but nothing surveyable . The motte, which stands1m high measures about 30m in diameter but little trace of a ditch survives except on the N adjacent to the bailey. The interiors are featureless and the whole which has been considerably reduced by ploughing gives the impression of having been adapted from natural folds and gulleys. Surveyed at 1:2500 On MSD.
O3, Two APs of cropmark.
R2, OS AP shows outline of motte and bailey very clearly as cropmarks. The motte has an indication of a D-shaped cropmark in centre, approximately 25m across with the straight side facing the bailey. (BRC --/04/1994).See RN 09245 - continuation of soilmarks into TL56 SE
Sources and further reading
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