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Hampton Lovett mound

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

Name	Hampton Lovett mound
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Worcestershire
Modern Authority	Worcestershire
1974 Authority	Hereford and Worcester
Civil Parish	Hampton Lovett

Mound in one corner of graveyard now used for dumping rubbish etc. by railway track (which is in a slightly depressed area) could be possible dump - also possible that it is the remains of a motte. (Worcestershire and Worcester City HER ref. HAW. 4.1993. SMR Card: Earthwork south east of Church. Hampton Lovett)

Gatehouse Comments

The site could be a manorial centre, although the railway through the site makes interpreting the medieval landscape difficult. The mound is not marked nor mentioned as being ditched. No bailey is visible but if any such had existed it would, most likely, have been destroyed by the railway. The tenurial history may suggest a sub-tenant not really wealthy enough to have a castle, although symbolic mounds, reflecting knightly status, can occur in such manors. The VCH seems to suggest the main manor house was at Upper Hall Farm (SO881656). The evidence for this being a motte is scant but the site can not be entirely dismissed.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

116286

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	SO889655
Latitude	52.2879791259766
Longitude	-2.16354990005493
Eastings	388940
Northings	265550