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Chanstone North Tump, Vowchurch
In the civil parish of Vowchurch.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).
One of two tumps at Chanstone. This the larger motte is 58m in external diameter and 4m high from the bottom of the ditch. There are traces of masonry on the mound suggesting a shell keep. There may have been a bailey to the north. A topography and geophysical survey was carried out in 2002 by Neil Phillips as part of a PhD thesis. The tumps were covered in short grass and there was no evidence of stone except for a small amount on the motte top. This was successful in that it produced good contrasts in several areas. It seems that the motte top had a series of buildings arranged around a square, there was a stone boundary around the motte rim and the base, and around the bailey.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber 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 SO36563593
PastScape number;
105778
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1535
- Web site links
- Books
- Prior, Stuart, 2006, A Few Well-Positioned Castles: The Norman Art of War (Tempus) p110-164
Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p20
Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p103 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p211 [no2]
RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol1: south-west p245, plan at xxxv
- Journal Articles
- Bradley, J. and Gaimster, M., 2003, 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2002' Medieval Archaelogy 47 p251-68
Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol50 p41
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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