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Didley Court Farm Motte, St Devereux

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

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
  Confidence: This site was certainly a medieval fortification or palace.   Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
Earthwork remains of a Motte and the site of a bailey. The motte is roughly round, about 26yds in diameter at the base and 17ft in height above the ditch. There were traces of a crescent-shaped bailey on the north and north west, but this has now been destroyed.
Phillips speculates a motte built in response to resurgence of hostilities during the Anarchy. I speculate a defended 'knight's fee' farmstead with a mainly symbolic motte.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO45073199

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Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 107874
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 6813 '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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This record last updated on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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