MONUMENT NO. 456741

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A mound, about 150ft diameter and 18ft high with flat top, was recorded on low-lying ground behind the New Inn,
Stoborough. It is probably a natural hillock scarped and altered on the north and east in recent times. Early medieval pottery has been found in the area.

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SY 92328639. A mound, about 150ft diameter and 18ft high with flat top situated on low-lying ground behind the New Inn, Stoborough. This is probably a natural hillock scarped and altered in recent times on the north and east. Early medieval pottery has been found here. (1)

Listed as a possible motte by Cathcart King. (2)

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( 1a) General reference

Reed TD. 1947. The Rise of Wessex, 332

( 1) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1970 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume two : south-east [in three parts]

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(2) 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

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