The Gatehouse website record for Chanstone North Tump, Vowchurch

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

One of two tumps at Chanstone. This the larger motte is 58m in external diameter and 4m high from the bottom of the ditch. There are traces of masonry on the mound suggesting a shell keep. There may have been a bailey to the north. A topography and geophysical survey was carried out in 2002 by Neil Phillips as part of a PhD thesis. The tumps were covered in short grass and there was no evidence of stone except for a small amount on the motte top. This was successful in that it produced good contrasts in several areas. It seems that the motte top had a series of buildings arranged around a square, there was a stone boundary around the motte rim and the base, and around the bailey.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO36563593

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 105778
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 1535 '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.

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