THE MOOT

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Ringwork with twin baileys possibly constructed by Henry de Blois in 1138 and probably dismatled soon after 1154. The earthwork has been incorporated into part of the garden of Moot House during the early 18th century. Scheduled.

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(SU 1809 2136) Castle Mound (NR) (Remains of) The Moot (NAT) (1)

The Moot, a ringwork with twin baileys of 7 1/2 acres (see plan), now largely altered by landscape gardening of c1700. (2-4)

Presumably the castle of Downtown built in 1138 by Henry de Blois Bishop of Winchester. Rahtz suggests that Saxon occupation may have taken place on that part of the terrace now occupied by The Moot, although there is no reason to suppose that the earthwork itself is anything other than a ring-work of Norman date. (5)

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Listed in Register of Parks and Gardens. (7)

Surveyed during RCHME: South Wilts Project. (8)

Listed by Cathcart King. (9)

The castle have been radically modified from the 18th century as part of the gardens of Moot House. The earliest earthworks can be identified as an oval earthwork, the west side of which has been removed by quarrying. Its close proximity to Old Court bishops palace suggests it bears a strong relationship to the palace. (10)

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( 1) Annotated Record Map

OS 6" 1927

( 2) edited by A J Taylor 1969 Chateau Gaillard, 3. Conference at Battle, Sussex, 19-24 September 1966

Page(s)122

( 3) D F Renn 1968 Norman Castles in Britain

1968 Page(s)173

( 4) General reference

Heywood Sumner. 1917. Ancient Earthworks of the New Forest, 91-7

( 5) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine

Rahtz P A. 59, 1964 Page(s)125

( 6) Scheduled Monument Notification

DOE (IAM) Amendment 26-FEB-1985

( 7) English Heritage Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England

Wiltshire (September 1987) Part 46

( 8) Field Investigators Comments

RCHME: South Wilts Project

( 9) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

2 Page(s)498

(10) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine

Creighton OH 93, 2000 Page(s)108

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Gardens to The Moot and Moot House, created circa 1720 making use of the motte and bailey earthworks. Alterations took place during the 19th century.

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