Mound South West of Walterstone
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
Name | Mound South West of Walterstone |
Alternative Names | |
Historic Country | Herefordshire |
Modern Authority | Herefordshire |
1974 Authority | Hereford and Worcester |
Civil Parish | Walterstone |
Mound 290 yds SW of Walterstone church, is roughly round, 21ft in diameter and 2 1/2ft high in the middle (RCHME). A ploughed-down mound situated on the top of a broad ridge at SO33832484, is turf-covered and measures 8.0m in diameter, and up to 0.3m high. The remains are too nebulous for a positive interpretation to be made (Field Investigators Comments F1 DRB 05-NOV-73). (PastScape)
Cottage & garden underlet to Barnabas Gwatkin. Old House meadow is field to W (Walterstone Tithe Award). (Herefordshire SMR)
The RCHM mention a mound, some 200m south-south-west of the motte, 6m in diameter and 07m high (SO337 247). It is probably a round barrow rather than a castle. (Shoesmith)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | SO338247 |
Latitude | 51.9171485900879 |
Longitude | -2.96362996101379 |
Eastings | 333820 |
Northings | 224730 |