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| Name: | Castle Field, Castle Hill, Martley |
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| HER Reference: | WSM03298 |
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| Type of record: | Place Name |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 771 592 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO75NE |
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| Parish: | Martley, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire |
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| Wichenford, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- CASTLE (LATE 11TH CENTURY AD to 17TH CENTURY AD - 1066 AD to 1700 AD)
Full description
Castle Hill. [1]
18th Century map names fields to east of road as "Castle Field". [2]
Name probably refers to large oval moated site at Laughern Farm just to the north. WSM41464. [3]
The origin of source [3] is unknown. [4]
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1954. Ordnance Survey Map SO75NE 6 inch. Ordnance Survey. |
| <2> | Map: 1786. Map of Coleman's Estate, Wichenford. WRO BA385.1 viii, ref 705.27. |
| <4> | Personal Comment: Webley, A. 2012 onwards. Personal comment on updating/creating HER record. |
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