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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 2747 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | POSSIBLY MEDIEVAL MOUND, WALKERN BURY, WALKERN |
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Summary
Circular mound associated with medieval ringwork
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 29384: WALKERN BURY RINGWORK
- SHINE: Castle Earthworks, Walkern Bury Farm, Walkern
Full description
A circular mound, 15m diameter by 1.6m high. No trace of ditch or any disturbance in centre. Possibly an ornamental garden feature associated with an earlier house <1>, but as it is associated with a probable adulterine castle earthwork [33], it could well be medieval.
Anon, 1907, (27th excursion, 22nd August 1907); Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3 (1905-7), 345-7, - p345-6 (Article in serial). SHT6707.
<1> OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in serial: Anon. 1907. (27th excursion, 22nd August 1907); Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3 (1905-7), 345-7. - p345-6. |
| <1> | Index: OS Records. |
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