The Gatehouse website record for Hough on the Hill Castle Hill

In the civil parish of Hough on the Hill. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Adjoining the school at the east end of the hill is a substantial motte, intact except where the playground has cut into the west side. The diameter of the overgrown top is about 75 ft. On the west side are traces of an earthwork around the church and churchyard, which is of interest since there is extensive late Saxon work in the tower of the church. We are possibly dealing with a pre-conquest earthwork. During a watching brief (2000), a substantial cut feature was identified, located at roughly SK9229 4634. This feature is thought to be part of the bailey ditch, or a later addition to it. (Lincolnshire HER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK92404644

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 325849
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 30279 '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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