Plumberow Mount, Hockley

In the civil parish of Hockley. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Probable burial mound of uncertain date. Excavation in 1913 revealed a Roman coin and pottery, some Saxon pottery possibly representing a secondary burial. The mound is 4m high, and oval in plan with diameters of 23m by 18m. The top is flattened representing the former position of a summerhouse. Suggested by King as a motte, probably made out of an earlier tumulus, this is not in King's 'possible' list and he seemly had no doubt about it being used as a motte.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ83989383

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 419159
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 13580 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p36
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p145
    Buckley, D.G. (ed), 1980, Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500 (CBA Research Report Vol34) p32
    RCHME, 1923, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Vol4 [south-east] p68
    Gould, Chalkley, 1903, in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol1 p305
    
• Journal Articles
  • Francis, E.B., 1915, 'The opening of Plumberow Mount' New Scientist Vol131 p223-4
    Francis, E.B., 1915, Essex Archaeological Society transactions Vol13 p224-37 [excavation report]