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Multi-periodSite Name: Hampstead Marshall MottesCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.452 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Berkshire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Village: Hampstead Marshall
Map Ref: SU42156685
Latitude: 51.399124N Longitude: 1.395503W
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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The monument includes two motte and bailey castles, fishponds, the remains of the deserted medieval village of Hamstead Marshall and a possible manor site. The two castles lie in close proximity, their centres only 115m apart, below and to the northeast of the church and the remains of the former village.
[Why would you have two castles so close together - the suspicion is that one of them could be a prehistoric mound similar to Silbury Hill and the Marlborough Mound.]
Both occupy low spurs which overlook the valley of the River Kennet. The most south-easterly and smaller of the two castles has a diameter of 50m and stands to a height of 4.7m. It is surrounded by a ditch up to 2m deep and has a roughly square bailey adjoining the ditch to the north-east. The bailey is orientated north-east to south-west; it has internal dimensions of 48m by 52m and is defined in extent by a bank with prominent outer scarp.
Site included due to the suspicion that one may have prehistoric origins, however the Round Mounds Project have radiocarbon dated “Castle 3” Hamstead Marshall to Late 12th to mid-13th century AD. “Castle 2”, Hamstead Marshall has yet to be dated.
More at English Heritage.
See also the 'suspicious' motte at Sherrington.
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