Brent Pelham, Cole Green
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Brent Pelham, Cole Green |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Hertfordshire |
| Modern Authority | Hertfordshire |
| 1974 Authority | Hertfordshire |
| Civil Parish | Brent Pelham |
A wet moat encloses, on three sides, a circular, tree-covered mound (c 6ft high), the top of which has been flattened. The whole area is 110ft in diameter. Thought to be a barrow of pre-Roman date? There is no knowledge of it being excavated although it looks disturbed (OS map record).
Possibly a Roman barrow (Andrews 1905).
"Tumulus, moated, west of Cole Green - condition fairly good" (RCHME).
A windmill mound situated in an exposed ridge top position. Measuring overall c 26.0m in diameter and 2.2m above the ditch level, the mound has a flat top with a circular depression 0.5m deep. The surrounding ditch is c 4.0m wide and 1.3m deep, and is waterfilled on the E side. A causeway is on the roadside (south). The feature is not shown on the tithe map of c 1837, which shows no significant names (F1 JRL 06-FEB-75).
TL 426312. Moated mound at Cole Green-scheduled. (Listed under Castles and Fortifications) (DOE).
TL 425312. Possible site of a castle, discribed as a large irregular mound with a surrounding wet ditch retained by a strong counterscarp bank on the S side (Renn). (PastScape)
Circular mound c26m diameter and c4m high surrounded by a now dry moat with a portion on the S side infilled. Once thought possibly a Roman or earlier barrow, but the OS call it a windmill mound, with a flat top and a 50cm deep depression in it, and Renn describes it as possibly a castle. (Hertfordshire HER)
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 Reference | TL425311 |
| Latitude | 51.9607315063477 |
| Longitude | 0.0737299993634224 |
| Eastings | 542580 |
| Northings | 231170 |
