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Cumma Tump
Hob Uid: 105018
Location : County of Herefordshire Brilley
Grid Ref : SO2764051350
Summary : Earthwork remains of a small Medieval motte, mapped from aerial photographs. A Motte 3.3 metres high with a flat but mutilated summit 5 metres in diameter. A large hole has been dug on the east side. The ditch, 1.5 metres deep, around the east and south sides, ends on the bank of a stream on the west side. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 27645135) CASTLE MOUND (NR) (1) Tump or mound, roughly circular, about 90 ft in diameter at the base and rising 17 1/2 ft above the lowest part of the ditch. The ditch is dry, but a stream runs through it on the W side. Listed as castle (2-3) A small motte 3.3m high with a flat but mutilated summit 5.0m in diameter. A large hole has been dug on the E side. The ditch, 1.5m deep, around the east and south sides, ends on the bank of a stream on the W side. Published survey (1:2500) revised. (4) SO 276514. Cumma Tump. Motte and apparently bailey, both diminutive, partly defended by a small steep gully. (5) Additional reference. (6) The earthwork remains of the small Medieval motte known as Cumma Tump described by the previous authorities was seen centred at SO 2764 5135. The site was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photographs. (7) Shoesmith maintains that a possible bailey is hidden in trees and undergrowth. (8)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte, Bailey
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 91
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 5582
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.101.1
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 25 SE 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-02-05
End Date : 1975-02-05

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Cumma Tump