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Kinsham; The Hommes

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Kinsham; The Hommes
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Herefordshire
Modern Authority	Herefordshire
1974 Authority	Hereford and Worcester
Civil Parish	Kinsham

Mound, suggested as possible castle by Salter, one of two isolated mounds in water meadow.

Circular mound c1m high & C 30m diam at base. Looks like a barrow but its situation on the floodplain makes this unlikely it may well be natural. In field called the Hommes. Slowly being ploughed out, though still visible. (Herefordshire Through Time)

Bronze Age bowl barrow located in an arable field 445m south west of Lower Court. Also previously the site of a recumbent stone with cup markings which was moved to the corner of an adjacent field in 1972 and placed with the carvings on the underside. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Although not much ploughed the floodplain location is erosive and ditches will have been infilled. However, there is no evidence of this being a medieval centre and can be rejected as motte. See also The Cott.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

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

106495

County Historic Environment Record

htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/monuments-search/search/monument?smr_no=2550

OS Map Grid Reference	SO358640
Latitude	52.2710304260254
Longitude	-2.94211006164551
Eastings	335810
Northings	264070