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Great Ilford Lavender Mount
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Uphall Camp
In the civil parish of Redbridge.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Redbridge, 1974 county of Greater London).
Small mount, perhaps remains of motte. Salter suggests adjoining enclosure is a village defence. PastScape record reads "Site of an Iron Age hillfort, Roman settlement and C16 beacon mound, now covered by modern buildings. Excavation uncovered evidence for late Bronze Age or early Iron Age occupation, the palisaded entrance of the hillfort and Roman huts." The 1875 Os map calls the surrounding site 'Camp Remains and site of', this site has, to my eyes, the classic playing card shape of the Roman fort. Lavender Hill is a mound in one corner of this camp. This site overlooks the river, not currently a crossing point but was one in 1875 and possibly before.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ437852
PastScape number;
408130
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p29
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p147
Powell, W.R. (ed), 1966, VCH Essex Vol5 p281-2, 313
RCHME, 1921, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Vol2: [central and south-west] pXXVIII, 97, 99
Gould, Chalkley, 1903, in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol1 p281-2, 313
Journal Articles
- Haselgrove, C., 1989, University of London, Institute of Archaeology annual report Vol26 p27
1985/6, Rescue news Vol38 p2
1984-5, Essex Archaeology and history Vol16 p128
1984, The London archaeologist Vol4.14 p390
Eddy, M.R., 1983, Essex Archaeology and history Vol15 p36-53
Wilkinson, P., 1978, Essex Archaeology and historyVol10pp220-1, 258
Crouch, W., 1907, Essex Archaeology and history Vol10 p19-25
Crouch, W., 1906, Essex Archaeology and history Vol9 p408-12, 19-25
Gould, I.C., 1901, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol7 p30 [placed in Barking]
Crouch, W., 1898, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol4 p291-3
Crouch, W., 1873, The Essex naturalistVol7 p131-8
The London archaeologist Vol9/8 p207-216
Way, A., 1864, Archaeological Journal Vol21 p94
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