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Multi-periodSite Name: Kellam's Farm moated site Alternative Name: Castle HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.33 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Bardon
Map Ref: SK47211310
Latitude: 52.713508N Longitude: 1.302603W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Moated site in Leicestershire and Rutland. The circular ditched enclosure east of Kellam's farm is conventionally regarded as medieval but it is of the same type as Belton Castle and could be Iron Age in date.
A circular earthwork called Castle Hill has wide ditches but no trace of a bank. The site is under grass and no dating evidence is known but the conventional medieval date looks unconvincing. As this is within the area of Bardon Park and therefore not consistently ploughed in the medieval period, the preservation of prehistoric earthwork seems possible. Also there is a conventional medieval moat close by at Bardon Old Hall.
Source: Pastscape
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