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Summary

Three contiguous univallate earthworks - may be an adulterine motte with two baileys.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO483: East Leigh Berrys

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 2011.41.1
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SS20NW 8
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 87
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SS20NW 11

Monument Type(s):

• MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Three contiguous univallate earthworks - may be an adulterine motte with two baileys. Overlooked on all but the sw side, it is not in a good defensive position. The ne enclosure: area- 0.Xha.; Bank- 7m high, 0.7m wide; ditch- 8m wide 0.3m deep; there is a counterscarp bank on the northeast central enclosure: area- 0.14Ha.; bank- 5m wide, 0.4m high; ditch-6m wide 0.5m deep. This ditch is deeper than and cuts the ne ditch. It also continues round the southwest enclosure the southwest enclosure: the motte; roughly circular, 50m. In diam, with a flat domed profile, c1.7m high on the southwest.; ditch- 8m wide and 0. 5m deep on the nw fades to a terrace on the southeast. The perimeter scarping, generally c1m. High is absent on the southwest, probably due to later mutilation. The two southwest enclosures seem to be contemporary. The OS suggest that the site may have been left unfinished or have been thoroughly slighted given the poor condition of the earthworks the site was once wooded, but since 1953 the woodland and scrub has been cleared, and the area ploughed at least twice. It is now grassland (1979). The site is visible on aerial photos, and was plotted as part of the NMP (p3).

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Site history:
1: 1977. OS
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JAT, JAT FILM 4 7A/8 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21396.

JAT, JAT FILM 4 8A/9 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21438.

JAT, JAT FILM 4 9A/10 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21367.

NMR, 24/4/79, NMR 2406 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21425.

NMR, 24/4/79, NMR 2406 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21426.

NMR, 24/4/79, NMR 2406 (Aerial Photograph). SCO21427.

<1> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL 1, 462 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

JAT, 1979, CORN 4, 8A/9,9A/10 (Photographic Record). SCO16390.

NMR, ----, SS 2406 1 276 (Photographic Record). SCO9127.

<2> Maclaughlan, H, 1849, Notes on Restormel Castle, VOL 34, 21 (Article in Serial). SCO3894.

<3> Borlase, W, 1769, Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 5 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2878.

NMR, 1979, SS2406/2/114-5 (Photographic Record). SCO16537.

<4> Peter, OB, 1902, Ancient Earth-Fenced Town and Village Sites of Cornwall, VOL 15, 113 (Article in Journal). SCO5138.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO3292 - East Leigh Berrys, East Leigh Farm, Stratton, Bude (Ref: EA6557)

Related records: none recorded

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