More information : TL 52411299 A large oval-shaped mound, 31.5 metres long, 28.0 metres wide and 1.6 metres high, with outer ditch approx. 4.0 metres wide and 0.5m deep. The icehouse of the old hall was built into the N side of the mound but only the walls of the vault remain. Condition of feature, overgrown, correct as shown on Field Sheet. (1)
A mound, overgrown with trees and scrub, as described by F1. The ditch is visible around the NE arc, but there is no trace in the SW, adjacent to the drive, where refuse has been tipped.
The purpose of the mound is not known. It may be an ornamental feature associated with the present Down Hall built 1868 or an earlier house on the same site built in the late 17th/early 18th century. However the possibility that it is a motte cannot be dismissed, though no bailey is apparent.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
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