Finchampstead Mound

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameFinchampstead Mound
Alternative NamesWarren Lodge
Historic CountryBerkshire
Modern AuthorityWokingham
1974 AuthorityBerkshire
Civil ParishFinchampstead

A mound at SU 79206459 is an exceptionally large bell barrow. A large pit in the southern part of the berm has cut into the central mound but otherwise it appears to be undisturbed. It has a maximum diameter of 30 metres, stands circa 3 metres high and is surrounded by a berm and ditch. At SU 7976449 there is a probable bowl barrow, comprising a slight mound 13.0 m. in diameter and 0.2 m. high, with faint impression of a surrounding ditch. The supposed bell-barrow was dug by T S Turner with Dr C F Slade from May 29th to June 3rd 1967. They concluded that the mound was either a medieval motte or even a post-medieval gun platform probably the former. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

600m north of parish church, but not the manorial centre. Difficult to see any reason for the siting of a gun platform here. Gatehouse suspects this was a tumulus originally but the berm suggests some later alteration, possible as a medieval or post medieval park feature, but worth further investigation.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSU792645
Latitude51.3747901916504
Longitude-0.863449990749359
Eastings479200
Northings164590
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Books

  • Paulden, Sydney (ed), 1977, Finchampstead, Past, Present and Future (Finchampstead; Finchampstead Society) p. 7

Journals

  • Copsey, H.W., 1964, 'A list of Barrows around the Berkshire-Surrey-Hampshire Boundary' Berkshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 61 p. 20 (as barrow) online copy

Other

  • Scheduled Monument Notification: DOE(IAM) Record Form 18-2-76