Butthouse Motte, Kings Pyon

In the civil parish of Kings Pyon.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Earthwork and buried remains of a small motte castle, situated on a south east facing slope above a tributary of Wellington Brook. The remains include an earthen motte mound, roughly circular, circa 28m in diameter at the base and circa 17m in diameter at the top. The motte is steep-sided and has a flat top, which is circa 2.4m high in the west and circa 1.7m high in the east. Traces of bailey and traces of stonework on motte. Has previously been described and scheduled as round barrow, now scheduled as motte

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO44254895

PastScape number; 107990

Web site links

http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/kings_pyon.htm

Books

Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p45
Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p207
RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol3: north-west p88

Journal Articles

Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124

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Butthouse Motte, Kings Pyon

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO44254895

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