Cabal Tump, Pembridge near Leominster

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hunton Tump, Strangeworth Farm

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

Medieval motte earthworks. Investigations in 1931 interpreted the earthworks to the north and south of the motte as traces of baileys. Excavations to the southeast of the moat also located the site of a possible pottery kiln. No in situ kiln remains were recorded but pottery wasters and fragments of burnt bricks were found. Several earthwork surveys during the early 1970s reinterpreted the bailey earthworks as a holloway and field boundaries. The motte, measuring 32m by 3.5m, was enclosed by a moat 6m wide and 1.3m deep. An entrance was present on the north side. Suggested as C12 Square motte adapted as homestead at later date

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO34525850

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; 106228

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1163

• Web site links
  • http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/pembridge.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p19
    Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p210
    RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol3: north-west p162
    
• Journal Articles
  • Kay, R.E., 1971, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol21 p3
    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
    Marshall, G., 1946, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club Vol32 p4
    Marshall, G., 1931, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club Vol27 p77-9
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p226