WYMONDLEY CASTLE

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Motte and bailey castle and probably manorial enclosure. The earthworks are of two dates and belong to two classes. They comprise of a small moated mound and bailey inserted into the South-West corner of a larger roughly, rectangular earthwork. Although the mount has been much lowered, the bailey banks still remain. The small cross ditch dividing the large enclosure seems to be a modern field division.

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(TL 2151 2847) Castle Mound (NR). (1)

"Enclosure, of the mount and bailey type, immediately E of the churchyard, covers an area of 5 acres, the mount (1/4 acre in internal area) being in the SW corner". (2)

The earthworks are of two dates and belong to two classes. They comprise of a small moated mound and bailey inserted into the SW corner of a larger roughly, rectangular earthwork. Although the mount has been much lowered, the bailey banks still remain. The small cross ditch dividing the large enclosure seems to be a modern field division. (3)

The earthworks comprise a motte and bailey with, attached on the east, enclosures which are probably manorial in origin. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (4)

The earthworks of the castle are as described by previous authorities. The motte is covered by unmanaged scrubby vegetation, the field to the E. is under pasture. There are low unsurveyable (at 1:2500) earthworks in this field OS 5545 which may represent further subdivisions of the field and a low backscarp to the bailey ditch. The relationship between the castle and the two subrectangular enclosures is unclear, however their sharp form may indicate they are later than the castle. (5)

Listed by Cathcart King. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1960

( 2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1910 An inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire

Page(s)105-6

( 3) edited by William Page, F.S.A. 1908 The Victoria history of the county of Hertfordshire, volume two

The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)119

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 BHS 26-NOV-70

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F2 WDC 27-JUN-90 RCHME Field investigation

(6) 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

Page(s)220

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