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Monument Number 111877
Hob Uid: 111877
Location : County of Herefordshire Foy
Grid Ref : SO6100028000
Summary : Possible site of a fortified manor house. A licence to crenellate was granted in 1309. No trace of such a structure survives above ground.
More information : (SO 6128). Eaton Tregoz/Eaton-in-Foy (Hole-in-the-Wall). Local tradition of castle site. Reference in Kelly's Directory to the remains of a "strongly fortified castle", subsequently noted in 1867 as "the remains of some ancient building" at a site "now occupied by many cottages", may be attributable to a manorial building for which a licence to crenellate was obtained in 1309. Court Farm SO 609285 (see SO 62 NW 10) noted by O'Donnell as the traditional site of castle. (1) Listed as a vanished castle by Cathcart King. (2) Additional reference. (2A)

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Source details : Herefordshire Arch News, Woolhope Club Arch Research Section 25 June 1972 11-12 (J O' Donnell)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Castellarium Anglicanum 1 1983 212 (D J Cathcart King)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : The Castles of Herefordshire 1869 49-51 (Rev C J Robinson)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Pre 1309
Monument End Date : 1309
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Monument Type : Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Post 1309
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Monument Start Date : 1309
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 62 NW 15
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Monument Number 111877