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Name:Earthwork, South East of Church. Hampton Lovett
HER Reference:WSM08065
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:SO 889 655
Map Sheet:SO86NE
Parish:Hampton Lovett, Wychavon, Worcestershire

Monument Types

  • MOTTE (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Mound in one corner of graveyard now used for dumping rubbish etc. by railway track (which is in a slightly depressed area) could be possible dump - also possible that it is the remains of a motte. [1]
Earthwork denoted on 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map [2]

Sources and further reading

<1*>Bibliographic reference: HAW. 4.1993. SMR Card: Earthwork south east of Church. Hampton Lovett. SMR file.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 2003. Digital 1st Edition OS Map (Original scale: 25"(1:2500)). Landmark Digital . 1880-1889.