| Summary : Medieval moated motte surviving as an earthwork with originally two baileys no longer extant. The castle mound, built in the late 11th century, is circa 46m in diameter across the base, 34m in diameter on top, and stands 3.2m high. It is surrounded by a ditch between 12 and 16m wide, the eastern half filled with water. A smaller circular mound was built on top of the castle mound at a later date, and is 18m in diameter across the base, 10m in diameter across the flat top, and stands 1.8m high. It too was surrounded by a ditch, and may have served as the base for a watch-tower. The mound may have served as a prospect mound of the neighbouring house in the post-Mediaeval period. Scheduled. |
More information : (SJ 34062523) Castle Mound (NR). (1)
Double-ditched motte, 20ft. high with 1 to 2ft. deep ditch 8ft. below the summit. The ditch at the base is 6ft. deep. (2)
Motte with wet moat lined with masonry. One bailey enclosed the church, the other the castle buildings on the site of the present farmhouse. Said to have been extant in 1086 AD. (3)
A circular mound 2.3m. high and 40.0m. in diameter at the base surrounded by a partially water-filled ditch 1.2m. deep. At the centre of the summit of the mound is a smaller mound 2.0m. high and 18.0. diameter, surrounded by traces of a shallow ditch. No trace of a bailey remains, although both the farm buildings and the church to the NE and E respectively, stand on high ground. Published survey 25" revised. (4)
SJ 340252. Motte west of the church. Scheduled. (5-6)
Additional reference. (7)
Motte and later decorative feature listed by Cathcart King. (8) |