MONUMENT NO. 111877

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Possible site of a fortified manor house. A licence to crenellate was granted in 1309. No trace of such a structure survives above ground.

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(SO 6128). Eaton Tregoz/Eaton-in-Foy (Hole-in-the-Wall). Local tradition of castle site. Reference in Kelly's Directory to the remains of a "strongly fortified castle", subsequently noted in 1867 as "the remains of some ancient building" at a site "now occupied by many cottages", may be attributable to a manorial building for which a licence to crenellate was obtained in 1309. Court Farm SO 609285 (see SO 62 NW 10) noted by O'Donnell as the traditional site of castle. (1)

Listed as a vanished castle by Cathcart King. (2)

Additional reference. (2A)

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( 1) General reference

Herefordshire Arch News, Woolhope Club Arch Research Section 25 June 1972 11-12 (J O' Donnell)

( 2a) General reference

The Castles of Herefordshire 1869 49-51 (Rev C J Robinson)

( 2) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

Castellarium Anglicanum 1 1983 212 (D J Cathcart King) Page(s)212

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