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Monument Number 104906

Hob Uid: 104906
Location :
County of Herefordshire
Dorstone
Grid Ref : SO2784041020
Summary : The earthwork remains of a Medieval motte located 230m NW of Nant-y-bar. The motte is surrounded by a circular ditch and on the top of the motte are a number of pits of unknown origin. The mound is 32 metres in diameter and 3 to 4 metres high and may be set on an an earlier feature such as a burial mound. The ditch is 5 metres in width and up to 0.3 metres in depth but on the south and east sides it has been reduced by silting to a terrace-like feature 5 metres wide. A bailey would seem likely on the north side, although this has been very heavily ploughed and no evidence of any features are visible. There is possibly a small triangular enclosure on the west side of the mound. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 2784 4102) Castle Mound [NR]. (1)

"A circular mound 37 yds in diameter rising 8 1/2 to 12 1/2ft above the bottom of the surrounding ditch. There are traces of a rampart round the top and of a small causeway crossing the ditch on the NE". (2)

Motte, and a bailey on the east side, not very well defined. (Bailey not visible on APs (RAF 1946). (3)

A small circular motte situated in a commanding position upon the summit of a ridge with steep natural slopes immediately to the S. The mound is 32.0m in diameter and 3.0 to 4.0m in height. The ditch is 5.0m in width and up to 0.3m in depth but on the S and E sides it has been reduced by silting to a terrace-like feature 5.0m wide. The top is featureless except for the remains of a bank around the rim some 3.0m in width and 0.3m in height, with a break opposite the causeway which leads into it from the NE. There is no evidence of a bailey attached to this motte.

The site is under permanent pasture and is in fair condition. Published 1 2500 survey revised. (4)

Additional references. (5-6)

The earthwork remains of the motte described by previous aurthorites were seen centred at SO2784 4102. The motte mound is surrounded by a circular ditch approximately 40m in diameter, and the on the top of the motte there are a number of pits which may be associated with the foundations of a building. The site was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photographs. (7)

Additional references. (8-11)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Source details : Phillips, N. 2006. 'The earthwork castles of Gwent and Ergyng'. BAR.
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/1652/1405-6 11-JUL-1946
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Source details : NMR SO 2740/1 18-MAY-1992
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte, Ditch, Pit
Evidence : Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 183
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27510
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.57.2
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 24 SE 2
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Related Warden Records :
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-07-04
End Date : 1972-07-04
Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31