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<< Our Photo Pages >> Morley Moated Mound - Round Barrow(s) in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by ESgt on Wednesday, 20 October 2010  Page Views: 7281

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Morley Moated Mound
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Morley
Map Ref: SK392410
Latitude: 52.964938N  Longitude: 1.417822W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Morley Moated Mound
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Scheduled monument number DR78. The mound marks the route of an ancient trackway - The Derbyshire Portway - running from Mam Tor Hillfort to an inland port on the river Trent.
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SK3940 : The Mound at Morley by Peter Barr
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Re: Morley Moated Mound by ESgt on Tuesday, 15 November 2022
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DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT This monument, known locally as The Mound, is a medieval motte and includes a flat-topped conical mound surrounded by a 6-9m wide waterfilled ditch which is crossed by a causeway on the south-east side. The motte is 15m wide at its base and c.4m high and very steep-sided. A timber tower or keep would originally have stood on the motte whose top is c.5m wide. Formerly there may also have been an attached bailey or outer enclosure which would have contained ancillary buildings and pens for cattle and horses. There is no visible trace of such a feature in the ploughed fields surrounding the monument and so this area has not been included in the scheduling. The surface of the adjacent farm track is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground underneath is included. ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTANCE Motte castles are medieval fortifications introduced into Britain by the Normans. They comprised a large conical mound of earth or rubble, the motte, surmounted by a palisade and a stone or timber tower. In a majority of examples an embanked enclosure containing additional buildings, the bailey, adjoined the motte. Motte castles and motte-and-bai1ey castles acted as garrison forts during offensive military operations, as strongholds, and, in many cases, as aristocratic residences and as centres of local or royal administration. Built in towns, villages and open countryside, motte castles generally occupied strategic positions dominating their immediate localit and, as a result, are the most visually impressive monuments of the early post-Conquest period surviving in the modern landscape. Over 600 motte castles and motte-and-bailey castles are recorded nationally, with examples known from most regions. Some 100-150 examples do not have baileys and are classified as motte castles. As one of a restricted range of recognised early post-Conquest monuments, they are particularly important for the study of Norman Britain and the development of the feudal system. Although many were occupied for only a short period of time, motte castles continued to be built and occupied from the 11th to the 13th centuries, after which they were superseded by other types of castle. Although the motte south-west of Morley House Farm has been disturbed by scrub, the monument survives well and is sufficiently intact for archaeological remains relating to the structure of the motte and the associated keep to be preserved. In addition, well preserved organic and environmental remains will survive in the waterfilled ditch.
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Re: Morley Moated Mound by frogcottage42 on Saturday, 08 January 2011
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If anyone has time and access how about looking up the manor in Doomsday. If it is an early wooden motte type tower it may be mentioned.
It is also worth remembering that the Normans were as savvy as anybody else and if there was an existing bump they were quite happy to build on it.
There are numerous examples of Mottes being formed from earlier mounds so it would be rather rash to dismiss this one without further research.
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Re: Morley Moated Mound by TheCaptain on Friday, 31 December 2010
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According to the English Heritage listing for this site, it is NOT a prehistoric barrow, but

"This monument, known locally as The Mound, is a medieval motte and includes a
flat-topped conical mound surrounded by a 6-9m wide waterfilled ditch which is
crossed by a causeway on the south-east side. The motte is 15m wide at its
base and c.4m high and very steep-sided. A timber tower or keep would
originally have stood on the motte whose top is c.5m wide."


As such, it does not meet the Megalithic Portal's terms and conditions for site inclusion.
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    Re: Morley Moated Mound by ESgt on Saturday, 08 January 2011
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    It's a matter of "interpretation"

    Your source also says: "Large mound surrounded by a water-filled ditch, has been interpreted as a medieval motte, although there is no trace of a bailey, it has also been suggested that it may be an ornamental feature".

    Another makes it out to be a marker on the prehistoric Portway from Mamtor hill-fort to R.Trent.

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