Castle Hill |
| Hob Uid: 355248 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey
Welton Le Marsh
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| Grid Ref : TF4766069800 |
| Summary : The earthwork and buried remains of a medieval motte castle, known as Castle Hill. The motte takes the form of a large mound, 5 metres high, enclosed by a ditch. The motte is subrectangular in plan, measuring 50 metres by 40 metres at its base, with rounded corners and steep sides to the north and east. The top of the motte measures up to 30 metres in length, sloping gently down to the south west; a level platform, 10 metres in width, at the north eastern corner may indicate post-medieval alteration. The ditch enclosing the motte on the east and north sides is visible as a depression measuring up to 6 metres in width and up to 0.5 metres deep. The southern ditch arm has been infilled but survives as a buried feature visible on aerial photographs. The western arm has been partly infilled and is now marked by a shallow depression. A low bank marks the outer edge of the north western corner of the ditch. Scheduled. |
More information : [TF 4767 6981] Castle Hill [GT]. (1)
About 300 yards from Hamby Hall is a large tumulus or barrow, called Castle Hill, "which is supposed to be of Celtic origin". (2-3)
This is a castle mound with a prominence in the NE corner, and dropping away to the SW where mutilation, probably "throwing down" is evident. (See TF 46 NE/5 for DMV of Hanby and history).
Re-surveyed at 1:2500; TF 46 NE/5. (4)
TF 476 698. Castle Hill, Hanby. Scheduled no. LI/279. (5)
The large mound, referred to by the previous authorities, was seen as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs. It is a possible Medieval motte and is visible as a subrectangular mound, measuring 40m by 30m, centred at TF 4766 6980. No features were visible on top of the motte. (Morph No. LI.395.2.3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (6) |