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HER Number:	00120/01
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Cusworth Castle Mound, Sprotbrough

Summary

A castle mound. The motte may have been modified by the landscaping of Cusworth park in the 1760s.

Grid Reference:	SE 541 033
Map Sheet:	SE50SW
Parish:	SPROTBROUGH, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Monument Type(s):

MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds:

None

Protected Status:

Scheduled Monument () 1010767: Cusworth Motte Castle
Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000412: Cusworth Park

Full Description

<1> "Castle Mound' hidden by trees on a small plateau alongside the A1 motorway, is in fact the 'temple hill' that was constructed as a feature of Cusworth Park in 1762-3, complete with a fine slope and ha-ha"

<2> References V.C.H. II p. 23.

<3> 'Castle Hill' is recorded as a place-name on a plan of the area produced by Joseph Dickinson in 1719, suggesting that the castle mound predates any landscaping works carried out in the 1760s. See sketch in back-up file.

Eastwood, Rev. J., 1862, The History of the Parish of Ecclesfield in the County of York (Bibliographic reference). SSY3.

<1> Hey, D., 1979, The Making of South Yorkshire., p45 (Bibliographic reference). SSY137.

<2> Joseph Dickinson, 1719, ?Plan of Cusworth estate (Map). SSY2255.

Sources and further reading

---	SSY3 - Bibliographic reference: Eastwood, Rev. J.. 1862. The History of the Parish of Ecclesfield in the County of York. (single volume).
<1>	SSY137 - Bibliographic reference: Hey, D.. 1979. The Making of South Yorkshire.. Single volume. p45.
<2>	SSY2255 - Map: Joseph Dickinson. 1719. ?Plan of Cusworth estate. Estate Map.

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