Hambledon; The Tolt
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are uncertain remains
| Name | Hambledon; The Tolt |
| Alternative Names | The Tote, Hydon Hill |
| Historic Country | Surrey |
| Modern Authority | Surrey |
| 1974 Authority | Surrey |
| Civil Parish | Hambledon |
Supposed motte, rejected by King as medieval site but "perhaps only a hovel". The Surrey HER records this as the site of finds of pottery and roof tile but does not mention any monument type.
Trial Excavations at Hamhledon. In his "County Book" on Surrey, Mr. Eric Parker describes the discovery of a large quantity of ancient pottery in his grounds, some thirty years ago. He expressed the wish that the site (on the "Tolt" near Hambledon) could be properly investigated, and showed the greatest courtesy to Mr. Hope-Taylor when the latter undertook trial investigations on the site (assisted by Mr. T. K. Walls). Unfortunately the site proved to have been exhausted by the earlier unsystematic excavations, and the one undisturbed section that was located was only a few feet across and that evidently not at the focus of the site. Nevertheless, sufficient evidence was found, in the shape of charcoal, stake-holes and pottery sherds, to suggest that this was a mediaeval living site probably no more than a hovel. The pottery previously found on the site (and now in Mr. Parker's collection at Feathercombe, Hambledon) was dated by Mr. Hope-Taylor to the 12th and 13th centuries: he intends, with Mr. Parker's permission, to make a fuller study of the collection and publish a note on it in a future volume of the Collections. (SAC, 1950)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SU971400 |
| Latitude | 51.1510391235352 |
| Longitude | -0.613080024719238 |
| Eastings | 497100 |
| Northings | 140000 |
