MONUMENT NO. 117548

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Earthwork remains of a Castle mound of probable Norman date, possibly built as a defence during the Conquest, pending the construction of Brimpsfield castle (SO 91 SW 13). The mound measures 130 by 85 feet and there may have been a wooden or masonry structure on the summit. This earthwork is scheduled and visible on aerial photographs.

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(SO 94601275) Castle Mound (NR) (1)

Brimpsfield castle mound measures about 130 ft by 85 ft. The height of the mound and the depth of the surrounding moat are about the same as those of the Bagpath Castle mound (2), (4 ft above ground level and 5 ft deep respectively) (3). There are irregularities suggesting former works (2) and signs of masonry on the north side (4). The mound was probably built as a defence during the Conquest, pending the construction of Brimpsfield castle (SO 91 SW 13) (2).

The castle was probably a "Motte and Fosse" with a wooden tower. The steep bank above the brook serves as a natural defence on one side; on the other it is piled up artifically and defended by a fairly deep ditch or dry moat. (5)

The mound averages 2.5m high with a surrounding ditch 1.0m to 1.5m deep. There may have been a masonry structure on top of the footings now concealed, but there has been random digging giving a general uneven surface.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)

Scheduled as 'Brimpsfield castle mound'. (7)

Listed by Cathcart King. (8)

This earthwork is visible on aerial photographs. (9)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1955

( 2) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

(E S Lindley) 77 - 1958 Page(s)158

( 3) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

(E S Lindley) 73 - 1954 Page(s)234

( 4) Annotated Record Map

Rec 6" (O G S Crawford 12.12.20)

( 5) Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club proceedings

(R F Butler) 33 - 1959 Page(s)113-4

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 12-MAY-72

( 7) Scheduled Monument Notification

DOE (AM's) List 31 12 77 41

( 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

2 Page(s)181

(9) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF CPE/UK/1913 3075, 3076 30-DEC-1946

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