MONUMENT NO. 209173

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Earthwork remains of a motte with an overall diameter of 150 feet. The mound rises to 4 feet above ground level and is surrounded by a ditch 5 feet below which fades out on the scarp side. There were indications of an entrance ramp on the north. A pit dug into the top displayed rubble and possible vaulting. There is a rectangular building platform immediately to the north of the motte. Scheduled.

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(ST 81649475) Castle Mound (NR). (1)

The castle mound stands on the crest of a steep scarp. It 'rises to 4 feet above ground level and is surrounded by a ditch 5 feet below which fades out on the scarp side; overall diameter 150 ft. indication of an entrance ramp on the north. The shape of the top suggested a small keep and forecourt to Mrs O'Neil. A pit dug in the centre of the top showed rubble and, I thought, broken edges of vaulting'. (2-3)

The motte is largely as described by Lindley. The ramp across the ditch in the north could be contemporary with quarrying on the summit, and the steepened side of the ditch in the west possibly indicates the original bridging point. There is no evidence of any structures on the motte nor is there any trace of a bailey. There is, however, a small rectangular building platform immediately to the north of the motte.

Surveyed at 1:2500. (4)

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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) 73 - 1954 Page(s)234

( 3) Aerial photograph

AP (J K St Joseph A10 81)

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 MHB 29-AUG-72

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