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Monument Number 57778
Hob Uid: 57778
Location : Doncaster Blaxton
Grid Ref : SE6693000660
Summary : "Pond O' the Hill" - A possible Castle mound. Field investigation in 1961 noted that part of the enclosure and a moat survived, but there was no evidence of a Motte. Field investigation in 1964 indicated that the monument had been obliterated.Remains of a probable medieval moated site and a bank are visible as earthworks on air photographs.
More information : [SE 66930065] Pond o' the Hill [T.I.] Castle Mound [G.T.]. (1) "Blaxton, Pond o' th' Hill. There is an Inclosure evidently very ancient, at the corner of which we find a little mound surrounded with a ditch". (2) Pond o' the Hill. It is a mound surrounded by a moat, and was evidently a castle mound. (3) There are now only fragmentary remains of this feature sited at SE66930066. The corner of the enclosure bank and a part of the outer bank of the moat (approx. 1.0m. high) survive, but the central mound has been completely obliterated. A 25" survey has been made. (4) The remains of this feature are too fragmentary to determine its purpose or period of construction. (5) Condition unchanged. (6) No longer exists - deleted from field document. (7) Remains of a probable medieval moated site and a bank are visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at SE 6693 0067. Only part of the north-west corner of the enclosure bank and outer bank of the moat are visible. To the north-east a linear bank runs on a north-east south-west alignment for approximately 139m. Possibly this feature is associated with the moated site. On the 1978 Ordnance Survey vertical photography the monument appears only as soilmarks. (8-9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source details : "Finningley" 1877, p.7. (G.H. Woodhouse)
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Source details : Rec. 6" (O.G.S. Crawford, undtd)
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Source details : F1 FRH 14-JUN-61
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Source details : F2 FC 19-JUN-61
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Source details : F3 RWE 08-SEP-64
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Source details : LS 25" (SC Bontoft 17.6.1983)
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/2563 4483 28-Mar-1948
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : NMR MAL 71047 28 03-May-1971
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte, Moat
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Enclosure, Mound
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (South Yorkshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MSY4110
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 60 SE 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1961-06-14
End Date : 1961-06-14

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1961-06-19
End Date : 1961-06-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-09-08
End Date : 1964-09-08

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-01-01
End Date : 2006-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 57778