Upper Lye Camp Wood Mound

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are earthwork remains

NameUpper Lye Camp Wood Mound
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishAymestrey

Earthwork remains of a ringwork in Camp Wood. The mound is 41yds in diameter at the base and 17ft in height. it has a continuous rampart except on the west side, and is surrounded except towards the end of the spur, by a ditch 10ft deep. The castle was founded by Hugh Mortimer circa 1144 to 1154 AD. (PastScape)

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 ReferenceSO396653
Latitude52.2833213806152
Longitude-2.8868100643158
Eastings339600
Northings265390
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 54
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 19
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 1
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 202
  • 1981, Herefordshire Countryside Treasures (Hereford and Worcester County Council) p. 6
  • RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 3: north-west p. xxix, 15 No. 32 online transcription

Journals

  • King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol. 3 p. 90-127
  • 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