MONUMENT NO. 113377

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Medieval motte and bailey castle at Castle Tump. The motte stands 14 metres high and has a flattened top 8 metres in diameter. The flattened area of the bailey surrounds the motte and extends to the south, defined by a curving field boundary. A ditch remains visible on aerial photography as an earthwork. The motte and its surrounds are scheduled.

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(SO 71162934) Castle Tump (NR) (1)

Turf covered motte, 8.3m in height, with traces of a ditch on the northern side. There is no trace of a bailey.

Published survey (25") revised. (2)

Mrs E M Clifford FSA writes "I visited Castle Tump on Wed: 17 July 1945 and I came to the conclusion that it was a Norman Motte, and that the bailey may exist on the SE side". (3)

The motte SE of Dymock was granted temporarily to William de Braose by Roger, Earl of Hereford (between 1148 and 1154). (4)

Motte (NR). (5)

A rapid examination of air photography (6a) suggests that the bailey may indeed have existed on the southeast side where the field boundary pattern suggests the possible presence of a curvilinear enclosure. (6)

Additional reference. (7)

Listed by Cathcart King. (8)

A Medieval motte is visible from aerial photography, and has been mapped from the 1979 photos. The motte is marked as "Castletump", and is adjacent to the B4215 opposite Castle Farm (c. 250m away). The motte is almost circular, and measures c. 48m across, covering an area of 2,000 square metres. The motte has characteristic steep, even sides and a flat area on top. There are no signs of features on top of the mound, though there is a fair amount of scrub and trees in all photography. There is a slight earthwork, indicating a ditch 25m from the mound, and curving parallel to it. This ditch is c.35m long and about half a metre wide, and may represent the remains of the bailey (see 6 above). The curvilinear field boundary surrounding the motte suggests that it is an early field pattern. The motte is still visible, and in good condition in 1979.

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1924

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 BHP 08-MAY-67

( 3) by the Rev J E Gethyn-Jones Dymock down the ages

Page(s)157

( 4) D F Renn 1968 Norman Castles in Britain

Page(s)180

( 4a) General reference

Cambridge History Journal 8 Page(s)185

( 5) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10 000 1974

( 6) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment

Andrew Miller/24-AUG-1993/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project

( 6a) Aerial photograph

NMR, SO 7129/1-3

( 7) Scheduled Monument Notification

10-AUG-1999

( 8) 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

1 Page(s)181

(9) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF 106G/UK/1652 5124-5125 11-JUL-1946

(10) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

NMR OS/79055 001-002 25-JUN-1979

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