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MONUMENT NO. 14738

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Earthwork remains of a possible Motte and Bailey. The remains consist of a sub rectangular enclosure, surrounded by a ditch.

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NY 739082 Smardale. A recently discovered defensive site between Smardale Hall and the railway is unlikely to be Iron Age. The site is sub-rectangular, surrounded by a ditch for most of its length and possibly a motte and bailey predecessor to the Tudor Hall. (1)

A triangular mound is visible on OS air photographs up against the railway embankment. (2)

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( 1) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal

(N Higham & G Jones) 132 - 1975 Page(s)42-3,47

( 2a) Aerial photograph

APs (OS 72-280 613-4 20.7.72)

( 2) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

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