Plumberow Mount, Hockley

In the civil parish of Hockley.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Probable burial mound of uncertain date. Excavation in 1913 revealed a Roman coin and pottery, some Saxon pottery possibly representing a secondary burial. The mound is 4m high, and oval in plan with diameters of 23m by 18m. The top is flattened representing the former position of a summerhouse. Suggested by King as a motte, probably made out of an earlier tumulus, this is not in King's 'possible' list and he seemly had no doubt about it being used as a motte.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ83989383

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 419159

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 13580

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p36
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p145
Buckley, D.G. (ed), 1980, Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500 (CBA Research Report Vol34) p32
RCHME, 1923, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Vol4 [south-east] p68
Gould, Chalkley, 1903, in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol1 p305

Journal Articles

Francis, E.B., 1915, 'The opening of Plumberow Mount' New Scientist Vol131 p223-4
Francis, E.B., 1915, Essex Archaeological Society transactions Vol13 p224-37 [excavation report]

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