Monument Type(s):

• ORCHARD? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1540 AD?)
• RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1540 AD?)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: A regular enclosure which may have been an orchard, forming part of the earthwork complex centred on the Norman earthwork castle at Camp Ring.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Included in Scheduling of Camp Ring in 1995. Relevant part of Scheduling description: ->

-> To the immediate north east of the motte is a large L-shaped enclosure defined by a bank and ditch. The north west side of the enclosure is formed by a low inner bank averaging 4m wide and 0.4m high with an outer ditch 3m wide and 0.3m deep. This runs north eastwards from the north west corner of the bailey on a similar alignment to the north west side of the bailey itself. The bank turns at right angles towards the south east after 80m, fading out after some 20m. The outer ditch similarly turns to the south east and continues for 100m. It then turns to the south at right angles for 30m then, similarly, to the WNW, running for 60m before turning to the south west for 30m to join with the north east corner of the motte ditch. The interior of the L-shaped enclosure is occupied by two blocks of ridge and furrow cultivation separated by a north east to south west aligned headland. The western block lies on this alignment and runs the full length of the enclosure interior. The eastern block lies at right angles, parallel with the eastern arm of the enclosure and terminates in the west on the headland and in the east on the west bank of a small fishpond. The length of the blocks is too short to accommodate the turning of an oxen team, suggesting that they represent the remains of ridged cultivation, possibly supporting an orchard <1>

<01> English Heritage, 1995, Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 19/09/1995) (Scheduled Monument notification). SSA848.

Sources

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