The Gatehouse website record for Castle Bromwich Castle Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Pimple Hill; The Tump; The Tumulus

In the civil parish of Castle Bromwich. In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Solihull, 1974 county of West Midlands).

The remains of a motte and bailey mostly destroyed by the construction of the M6 motorway. A much mutilated, reduced and mis-shapen motte remains, measuring, at the base, 48m east to west, by 30m north to south and 4.5m in height. The summit of the motte measures 17m by 12m. A short stretch of bailey ditch 18m in length and 10m in width was excavated by Birmingham Museum. These excavations also revealed evidence for a timber structure on top of the motte and C12-C13 buildings inside the bailey along with a C16 house. Evidence for Medieval and Roman settlement was found.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP14199005

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 332117
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