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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 1110 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOTTE, COCK LANE, OPPOSITE HODDESDON BURY, HODDESDON |
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Summary
Norman motte at medieval manorial site
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| Grid Reference: | TL 355 078 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL30NE |
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| Parish: | Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- MOTTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Hoddesdon Bury, Medieval Manorial site, Hoddesdon
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 20669: MOTTE CASTLE SOUTH OF COCK LANE
- Area of Archaeological Significance
Full description
A large mound, 20m diam, 3m high, surrounded by a deep ditch 8m wide x 2.5m deep <2>.
Beyond the ditch, a slight bank 1m wide by 0.3m high is visible. On the eastern side of the ditch is a modern causeway 8m wide. A small excavation in 1901 by Sir John Evans <1> revealed some pottery, a quern stone and charred remains. The excavation trench is visible as a hollow in the top of the motte which extends down the southern side <2, 3>.
The motte stands on a ridge, and would have dominated the locality. Originally interpreted as a barrow by Evans, the mound is characteristic of Norman fortifications of the early post-Conquest period <1, 2>.
Hertfordshire Mercury, 5.7.1902, p7 (cutting) (Serial). SHT4721.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Dunning, G C, & Jessup, R F, 1936, Roman barrows; Antiquity 10,, - p50 (Article in serial). SHT8989.
Brown, Amanda (HCC), 1984, Hertfordshire barrow survey record, Site visit & photos, 2.3.1984 (Unpublished document). SHT1546.
<1> Evans, Sir John, 1902, Opening of a barrow at Broxbornebury, 1901; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 2/1, 6-10 (Article in serial). SHT16966.
<2> Scheduled Monument description (Scheduling record). SHT9990.
<3> Mike Daniels (HCC), site report, 16.4.86 (Unpublished document). SHT7000.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished document: Brown, Amanda (HCC). 1984. Hertfordshire barrow survey record. Site visit & photos, 2.3.1984. |
| --- | Serial: Hertfordshire Mercury. 5.7.1902, p7 (cutting). |
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Article in serial: Dunning, G C, & Jessup, R F. 1936. Roman barrows; Antiquity 10,. - p50. |
| <1> | Article in serial: Evans, Sir John. 1902. Opening of a barrow at Broxbornebury, 1901; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 2/1, 6-10. |
| <2> | Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument description. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Mike Daniels (HCC), site report. 16.4.86. |
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