Plumberow Mount, Hockley

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NamePlumberow Mount, Hockley
Alternative Names
Historic CountryEssex
Modern AuthorityEssex
1974 AuthorityEssex
Civil ParishHockley

Probable burial mound of uncertain date. Excavation in 1913 revealed a Roman coin and pottery, some Saxon pottery possibly representing a secondary burial. The mound is 4m high, and oval in plan with diameters of 23m by 18m. The top is flattened representing the former position of a summerhouse. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Suggested by King as a motte, probably made out of an earlier tumulus, this is not in King's 'possible' list and he seemly had no doubt about it being used as a motte.

- 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 ReferenceTQ839938
Latitude51.6132507324219
Longitude0.655960023403168
Eastings583980
Northings193830
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Books

  • Osbourne, Mike, 2013, Defending Essex (Stroud: The History Press) p. 24
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 36
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 145
  • Buckley, D.G. (ed), 1980, Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500 (CBA Research Report 34) p. 32 online copy
  • RCHME, 1923, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex Vol. 4 (south-east) p. 68 online transcription
  • Gould, Chalkley, 1903, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol. 1 p. 305 online copy

Journals

  • Francis, E.B., 1915, 'The opening of Plumberow Mount' Essex Archaeological Society Transactions Vol. 13.3 p. 224-37 (excavation report)