Breinton Moat

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Breinton Camp

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

Earthwork remains of a Norman Ringwork . The ringwork is oval in plan with axes of 34 and 20m, and rises from 0.2m to 1.5m above the surrounding sloping ground. The perimeter bank with an entrance on the north, rises 0.4m above the interior, and an external ditch 10m wide remains on the east and west sides. The earthwork was excavated in 1922 and between 1959 and 1962 when a cellared building was found. The ringwork dates from circa 1150 AD and probably went out of use in C13

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO47263948

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 107755
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 928 '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.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/db.php?smr_no=928
    http://www.ecastles.co.uk/breinton.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p17
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p478
    Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p213 [possible]
    RCHME, 1932, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol1i: east p.xxvi, 27
    Chalkley Gould, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Hereford Vol1 p252
• Journal Articles
  • 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
    Heys, F G., 1963, 'Excavations on a Medieval site at Breinton, Herefordshire' Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club Vol37.3 p272-94
    1962-3, Medieval Archaeology Vol6-7 p332-3 [downloadable via http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?medarch]
    1960, Medieval Archaeology Vol4 p152-3 [downloadable via http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?medarch]
    Marshall, G., 1921, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club p68-69