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Ingarsby Monks Grave
In the civil parish of Hungarton.
In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicestershire, 1974 county of Leicestershire).
Medieval moat, formerly considered as a C12 adulterine motte, surviving as an earthwork. The moat is sub circular and approximately 50m in diameter with a surrounding ditch 8-12m wide and up to 2m deep. The moat island forms a raised platform about 1m above ground level with an outer bank 4m wide and 1.5m high on the north-eastern side which terminates 5m from a field boundary and indicates the position of an entrance. Ingarsby Old Hall is the manorial centre and this site does not appear to be a precussor. Creighton suggest this as a motte of the Anarchy but I find the position of the mound unconvincing. Ingarsby Old Hall is clearly sited in a much better position both tactically and strategically. The position of Monk's Grave, on a hillside, seems more like that of a barrow to me, although it would be large for a barrow.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK68150489
PastScape number;
319222
Books
- Cantor, Leonard, 2003, The Scheduled Ancient Monument of Leicestershire and Rutland (Leicester: Kairos Press) p65
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p36
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p254
Wall, 1907, in Page, Wm, (ed), VCH Leicestershire Vol1 p264
Journal Articles
- Creighton, O.H., 1997, 'Early Leicestershire Castles: Archaeology and Landscape History' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol71 p29, 31
Cantor, Leonard, 1977-8, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol53 p38
Hoskins, 1956, Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol32 p47
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