The Gatehouse website record for Diggets Wood Mound

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

The mound averaging 18m diam and up to 2m high is unlikely to be a motte as it lies within what ws formerly an artificial pond or lake formed by damming the Morlas Brook, The E portion of this dam remains at SO44072950 & the mound is prob an artificial island. During 1973-4 the mound was levelled by bulldozing prep to being ploughed. The site & spoil were examined & nothing was found.
Probably was a defended 'knight's fee' farmstead.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO44082943

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 107672
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 6789 '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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