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Millend Farm Enclosure, Castle Frome

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Millend Farm Enclosure, Castle Frome
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Herefordshire
Modern Authority	Herefordshire
1974 Authority	Hereford and Worcester
Civil Parish	Castle Frome

Cropmark of large regular square enclosure, with another smaller but wide square feature in centre. Interpreted as Pickering as possible castle or Roman signal station (Aerial Photograph: Pickering, J. 07/1990).

Jean and Charles Hopkinson visited the site (December 1992) and suggest it could have been a marching camp or work camp for Canon Frome fort (Halliwell 1993).

Members of the archaeology section of the Woolhope Club further discussed the possibility of the site being Roman as it is on the line of the Roman road (Margery 63a) from Stretton Grandison to Worcester. The site was visited on 23/04/93. Mr Pickering thinks the grid reference should be S0 656 453 (HAN 1993 Vol. 60). (Herefordshire Through Time)

Gatehouse Comments

Has been interpreted as a possible temporary castle or a Roman signal station. Isolated from medieval settlement, overlooks relatively minor river crossing but well away from welsh border where such crossing were more significant. On line of Roman Road. Probably a Roman site, unlikely to have medieval use.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record

htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/monuments-search/search/monument?smr_no=9999

OS Map Grid Reference	SO656453
Latitude	52.1059989929199
Longitude	-2.50300002098084
Eastings	365650
Northings	245300