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Lower Oddington motte

In the civil parish of Oddington. In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).

Alleged site of a Norman motte. Field investigation in 1977 doubted that this was an antiquity. However near to church and probably site of medieval village, although this is now further north. The VCH does not mention this supposed motte but does write there was a residential manor house of the Archbishop of York in this general location (qv). The tenurial history is of this being a manor disputed between St Peter's Abbey, Gloucestershire and, intially, Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester and his successors the Archbishops of York. Neither of these are likely to have built a castle here.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace. Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP235254

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 332588

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