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Motte 100m x 6.7m high. Summit mutilated by quarrying giving a false impression of 'breastwork' around the rim. Surrounded by a ditch c2.5m deep, filled in to NE <1>, wet in south <2>. Trial excavation produced Saxo-Norman bowls <1>. See [1487] for the manor; the castle was put up by Ralph de Limesi or his father.
| --- | Bibliographic reference: EHAS newsl 1954,n4. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Air Photo Services. 1995. Toot Hill castle, Pirton. PNO 8412 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Air Photo Services. 1995. Motte & bailey castle, Toot Hill, Pirton. PNO 8413 |
| --- | Photograph: HCC (General/Archaeology). 1998. St Mary's church & Toot Hill castle, Pirton. PNO 20279 |
| --- | Photograph: HCC (General/Archaeology). 1998. St Mary's church & Toot Hill castle, Pirton. PNO 20280 |
| --- | Photograph: HCC (General/Archaeology). 1998. St Mary's church & Toot Hill castle, Pirton. PNO 20281 |
| --- | Unpublished document: Janet Holt. 2006. What features and sites in the early landscape could have influenced the later siting of a Norman motte and bailey castle with medieval church in close proximity? (R1780). Photos |
| --- | Cartographic material: Shire Consultancy (HCC). 1996. Contour plans of area of proposed moat at Pirtonbury; scale 1:200. |
| --- | Cartographic material: Letchworth Museum. 1988. Survey of earthworks at Great Bury, Pirton. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.2 (1908). - p117 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Renn, Derek. 1971. Medieval castles in Hertfordshire. - p22 |
| <1> | Index: OS Records. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report. Site report 21.1.86 |