High Woolaston

In the civil parish of Woolaston.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).

Possible Medieval settlement remains, suggested as the site of a motte or Medieval/ Post Medieval farmhouse, are situated on the side of a small valley facing High Woolaston Farm. The site was first noticed in the late 1960's when walls standing to a height of 4ft were thought to be the remains of a tower or a square room. On aerial photographs the site appears fairly complex and comprises a series of quarries, mounds and what appear to be building foundations. It is unclear what these remains represent but they appear to be a combination of quarries, upcast and building/wall foundations, perhaps the site of a settlement which has been subsequently quarried or the site of a quarry with associated ancillary buidlings. A system of Medieval/Post Medieval ridge and furrow situated immediately to the south and east may be associated with the site.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST57639909

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 198700