Mount Alstoe, Burley

In the civil parish of Burley. In the historic county of Rutland (Modern Authority of Rutland, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Mound. PastScape record reads "An Anglo-Saxon moot mound or a motte and bailey castle surviving as an earthwork. The mound is irregular in shape and is surrounded by a heavily silted ditch. Investigations have shown that there is no trace of any castle structure on the mound. Weak earthworks, perhaps forming a burgus, and the presence of Norman pottery suggest that it was used as a motte. Further work is required to ascertain its nature." Not now a obvious manorial centre but there are other surounding earthworks (?DMV) and a Chapel Farm nearby which probably represent the manor of Alsthorpe recorded in Domesday.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK89401199

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

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 323503
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular '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, or elsewhere.

• Books
  • Cantor, Leonard, 2003, The Scheduled Ancient Monument of Liecestershire and Rutland (Leicester: Kairos Press) p30
    Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p97
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p141 [slight]
    Cox, B., 1994, The Place-Names of Rutland (Nottingham: English Place-Name Society) p4
    Higham, R. and Barker, P., 1992, Timber Castles (Batsford) p21, 356
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p417
    Hartley, R. F., 1983, The Mediaeval Earthworks of Rutland, A survey (Leicester)
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p197
    Brown, A.E., 1975, Archaeological Sites and Finds in Rutland, a Preliminary List (Leicester: Leicester University Press) p5
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Rutland Vol1 p112
• Journal Articles
  • Creighton, O.H., 2000, 'The Medieval Castles of Rutland: Field Archaeology and Landscape History' Rutland Record Vol20 p415-24
    Creighton, O.H., 1999, 'Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland' Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol73 p19-33 http://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/Creighton73600dpism.pdf
    Dunning, G.C., 1936, 'Alstoe Mount, Burley, Rutland' Antiquaries Journal Vol16 p394-411
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) [lists sources for 1272-1422] p405