Pipe Aston Tump 1

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Aston Tump 1

In the civil parish of Pipe Aston. In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

The earthwork remains of a Moated motte mapped from aerial photographs. When field investigated in 1972 the earth and stone motte was 44m in diameter at the base and 22m in diameter on the summit. It rose 6m above the encircling moat. The marshy moat was 11m in width and from 0.5m deep on the south side to 1.5m deep on the north side. The moat was fed by a stream from the north east, leaving from the south west.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO46187190

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 108758
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 313 '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.

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/aston.html
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/137/astoncastle.htm
    http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/pipe_aston.htm
    http://www.castles99.ukprint.com/Essays/aston.html
    http://www.ecastles.co.uk/astontump.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p13
    Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p103 [slight]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p202
    RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol3: north-west p. xxviii, 9 no2
    Chalkley Gould, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Hereford Vol1 p224
• Journal Articles
  • Halliwell, P., 1997, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol67, 41-44
    Sterling Brown, R., 1988, 'Preliminary Results of Castle Survey' Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol50 p41
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
    Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12 [listed as seigework]
    Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol46 p197-217 esp210 [mislocated in Shropshire] http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologicaljo46brit#page/197/mode/1up