Wimble Toot, Babcary
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Wimble Toot, Babcary |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Somerset |
| Modern Authority | Somerset |
| 1974 Authority | Somerset |
| Civil Parish | Babcary |
Wimble Toot N.G.R.: ST 5605 2800 Parish: Babcary (but originally in Steart)
Description: Small motte, rising to 2.74m in height, with a well preserved ditch, 0.50m deep, around most of its E side. To the N the ditch lies below a field bank and hedge,and in the W it has been almost totally infilled.
Later or Associated Structures: A slight hollow, 1.50m across, on the summit of the motte may be the 'footprint' of a tower.
Quality or Condition: Earthworks of average strength.
Likely Builder/Owner: Domesday Book (19:38) records that two porters from Montacute (Esturt) for Robert, the Count of Mortain.
Date of Construction: 1067-1069 (Prior 2004)
A small motte (King 1983)
Despite part excavation, the bowl barrow known as 'Wimble Toot' survives well and will contain archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to the barrow and the landscape in which it was constructed.
The monument includes a bowl barrow on a high point on the east bank of the River Cary. The barrow has a mound which measures c.3m in diameter and is c.2.8m high. Surrounding the mound is a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This has become partly infilled over the years and survives as a buried feature, but can still be seen on the east side of the mound c.6m wide. A c.3m diameter depression in the top of the mound is indicative of antiquarian investigation. (Scheduling Report last emended 1996)
The Wimble Toot is a flat topped tree covered mound with traces of a ditch to the N.W. and a well defined ditch to the S.E. It could be either a small motte or a large barrow, though from its appearance the latter seems more likely. (PastScape ref. Field Investigators Comments F2 NVQ {Norman Quinnell} 13-JUN-75)