MONUMENT NO. 112198

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Earthwork remains of a Motte, possibly with a bailey. The motte is 60 yards in diameter and rises 14 feet above the bailey. There is slight sinking on the top. A scarp to the east and south probably indicates the outline of the bailey. Extending along the south west of the motte is a sunken way partly protected on the west side. Scheduled.

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Motte and Bailey 350 yds E of Castle Frome church (SO67084587). The motte is 60 yds in diameter and rises circa 14ft above the bailey; there is a slight sinking in the top. A scarp to the E and S probably indicates the outline of the bailey. Running along the SW of the motte is a sunken way partly protected by a rampart on the W side. In poor condition - site wooded. (1)

September 1956 - site cleared by timber felling. (2)

The area in which this feature falls has been re-afforested and is virtually impenetrable. A slight rise visible at SO 67094584 would appear to be the motte, while the scarp marking the outline of the bailey is visible at SO 67154583.

The general outlines of both motte and bailey are visible on APs. A hollow way, of indeterminable age, runs from SO 6711 4562 to 67014577.
Mr Cohen (2) is dead, and local enquiries elicited no further
information. (3)

Plan and sections (see illustration) (4)

Classified as a Ringwork by Shoesmith. (5)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1932 An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Volume II: east

1932 Page(s)49

( 2) Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club : transactions

(I Cohen) 35 - 1956 Page(s)183

( 3a) Aerial photograph

APs 68-116 644-5

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FKB 19-DEC-69

( 4) General reference

RCHM Here MSS (c 1929)

( 5) by Ron Shoesmith 1996 A guide to castles and moated sites in Herefordshire

Monuments in the landscape1 (1994) - vol.2 Page(s)76

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