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Lyonshall Quarrywood Motte

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte), and also as a Questionable Masonry Castle

There are no visible remains

Name	Lyonshall Quarrywood Motte
Alternative Names	Lewis Wych; Lewis Witch
Historic Country	Herefordshire
Modern Authority	Herefordshire
1974 Authority	Hereford and Worcester
Civil Parish	Lyonshall

Possible C12 motte. Excavations have located pottery and building foundations dating from 1150 AD. The motte could not be located during field investigation in 1972 because of tree planting.(PastScape)

A mound in Quarrywood in grounds of Whittern, was partially excavated by son of former owner, the late Capt L H Green. Pottery frags and possible stone building foundations were found. Dunning identified pottery of c1150 and suggested a possible C12 castle site. A tump is marked on the Bryant map. It is marked as an earthwork and called a quarry on the first edition map. (Herefordshire SMR)

Gatehouse Comments

An amateur excavation in a quarry site, a particularly difficult archaeological environment. A few C12 shards and a 'tump' in a known quarry site do not seems like sufficient evidence to suggest a castle in such a location and few castle authorities seems to picked up on this suggestion.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

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

106221

County Historic Environment Record

htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/monuments-search/search/monument?smr_no=1162

OS Map Grid Reference	SO341574
Latitude	52.2109985351563
Longitude	-2.96548008918762
Eastings	334100
Northings	257400