
What is recorded here
Castle rises ninety metres from the ruined church, a flat-topped gravel mound thirty metres across on a north-facing slope. Dense vegetation hides its western and southern scars, but the eastern brow still commands the land. The absence of a surrounding ditch suggests occupancy rather than siege, perhaps a steward watching traffic or a family keeping a local church.
On the brow of a N-facing slope with good views from SE-W-NE. A small bowl-shaped flat-topped mound (diam. at top 16.5m; basal diam. c. 30m; H 3.6-4m) defined by a scarp and covered in dense overgrowth to NW and SSW. It is composed of earth and gravel. There is no evidence of a fosse around the base. The ruined church (KK025-007001-) and graveyard (KK025-007003-) is located c. 90m to the NNE.
See attached:
KK025-008----_01 General view from S (photo taken 23 November 1994)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 February 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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