Woodford Wood Motte, Milton Damerel

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Milton Damerell; Milton Damarel

In the civil parish of Milton Damerel.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).

Sub-circular motte, stands on average 2.4m above its ditch and has an elliptical top, 16m by 10m, badly mutilated by a modern bank and ditch. It is encircled by a ditch, circa 6m wide and on average 1m deep, which has been damaged by a small quarry on the northwest. The sub-rectangular bailey measured 23m internally north east to south west and 27m north west to south east and is situated on lower ground to the north east of the motte, by which it is protected. There are other earthworks present.

This site has been described as a;
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 SS39711266

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; 32587

Books

Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p87 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p117
Wall, C., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), 'Ancient Earthworks' VCH Devon Vol1 p619-20

Journal Articles

Higham, R.A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p142-9
Higham, R.A., 1982, 'Early Castles in Devon' Château Gaillard Vol9-10 p101-116

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