More information : (SO) 358372 There are vestiges of a fortified site,
probably 13th century, on a low spur above the Hereford to
Peterchurch road. "The remains consisted of a scarped raised
platform with, on the N and E sides of a very wide berm in the
slope of the largely natural contours of the knoll. To the SW
the berm was very much narrower with a further scarp below and
what appeared to be an unfinished ditch. Defences across the saddle
of the promontory to the NW were extremely vague; a thickening of
a then existing hedge bank many have represented the last traces of
a rampart. The summit of the platform had many irregularities on
its surface, sinkings and low indeterminate mounds. There was
no trace of any stonework. There were slight traces of a ramp
leading up to the SW corner of the fortified area. The site has
only recently been ploughed and field boundaries and may of the
features shown on the sketch plan have now been bulldozed and
erased". The earthwork seems to have been of a type associated with
early medieval moated domestic sites such as (the Tump at
SO 42 NW 1). (1)
Comparing the contours on the plan with the 6" it would seem that
the site must be further north than the reference indicates,
possibly at SO 35783736 or at SO 35653743. Some vague markings
on the APs at the latter reference may be relevant. (2)
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