Scraptoft; The Mount

In the civil parish of Scraptoft.
In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicestershire, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Supposed motte, no bailey. Mutilated by insertion of C18 icehouse. McWhirr and Winter suggested was only ever a garden feature. Creighton writes is post medieval prospect mound. Isolated from settlement. PastScape record as not an antiquity.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK65360587

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; 319126

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p43
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p255
Wall, 1907, in Page, Wm, (ed), VCH Leicestershire Vol1 p257

Journal Articles

Creighton, O.H., 1997, 'Early Leicestershire Castles: Archaeology and Landscape History' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol71 p27-9
McWhirr, A.D. and Winter, M.J., 1978-79, 'Medieval Castles Additional Information' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol54 p74-75
Cantor, Leonard, 1977-8, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol53 p39

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