Cwmma Tump, Brilley

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameCwmma Tump, Brilley
Alternative NamesCwmmau Tump; Cumma Tump
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishBrilley

Earthwork remains of a small Medieval motte, mapped from aerial photographs. A Motte 3.3m high with a flat but mutilated summit 5m in diameter. A large hole has been dug on the east side. The ditch, 1.5m deep, around the east and south sides, ends on the bank of a stream on the west side. (PastScape)

North of Cwmma Farm and 2.8km north-east of the church, this circular mound is 27m in diameter at the base and rises some 5m above the lowest part of the ditch. A stream that runs through the ditch on the west couls have made this a wet motte. There is a possible bailey hidden in trees and undergrowth and much stone around the site, some diagonally tooled. (Shoesmith)

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 ReferenceSO276513
Latitude52.1556701660156
Longitude-3.05908989906311
Eastings327640
Northings251350
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 78
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 17
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 2
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 203
  • RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 3: north-west p. xxix, 23 No. 2 (Plan) online transcription
  • Gould, I. Chalkley, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Herefordshire Vol. 1 p. 224

Journals

  • Archaeological Research Section Woolhope NFC, 1999, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 70 p. 41-42
  • Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 50 p. 41
  • 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

Other

  • Claris, P.D. and Caroline Thackray, 1989, National Trust Archaeological Survey. Brilley: Cwmmau, Fernhall and Little Penlan Farms, Hereford