Eccleston Mound

In the civil parish of Eccleston.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

Earthwork mound of purpose and date; claimed variously as a round barrow (of date), a Roman `botontinus' or roadside exploratory mound, a medieval motte, or a civil war mount. Before 1798 it may have been in use as a tree mound. The mound measures 20m north to south and 18m east to west and is 2.5m high. Is close to church and had marshland to east. Eccleston was the site of a ferry crossing of the Dee and the other crossing of the Dee are overlooked by castles (Aldford, Holt, Shocklach, Chester). Rescheduled as motte in 1993. 28m by 14.5m and 3m high.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ41436279

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; 69378

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1965/4

Books

Harris, B.E. and Thacker, A.T. (eds), 1987, VCH Cheshire Vol1 p83
Lloyd Laing and Jennifer Laing, 1985 The Dark Ages of West Cheshire no.6 p15
Shone, W., 1911, Prehistoric Man in Cheshire p55
Watkin, W.T., 1886, Roman Cheshire p46
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol2 p584, 829 [as tumulus]

Journal Articles

1974, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin Vol2 p10

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