St Margarets Mound

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameSt Margarets Mound
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishSt Margarets

Mound, in field, about 600 yards E.N.E. of the church, oval on plan about 52½ ft. at its longest and 50 ft. at its shortest diameter. It stands between 10 ft. and 5 ft. high above the surrounding land. There has been some removal of soil from the S.E. scarp.

Condition—Poor. (RCHME 1931)

A small heap of earth, the spoil from some fairly modern digging. (King 1983)

Mound, diam 52.5'& 50', 5-10' high. Robbed on SE scarp. Listed as quarry dump or other modern feature. Prob spoil from wide flat bottomed ditch on SE, has rounded top. (Herefordshire Through Time)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO359339
Latitude52.0002784729004
Longitude-2.93465995788574
Eastings335930
Northings233950
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 253
  • Phillips, Neil, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250 (University of Wales) p. 322-3 Download from ADS
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 59
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 214 (reject)
  • 1981, Herefordshire Countryside Treasures (Hereford and Worcester County Council) p. 47
  • RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 1: south-west p. 227 No. 8 online transcription

Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124