The Gatehouse website record for Oxted Barrow Green

In the civil parish of Oxted. In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of Surrey, 1974 county of Surrey).

The Mount has been interpreted in the past as a burial mound but more recent observers have identified it as a Norman motte castle. The monument includes the whole of the steep-sided mound, which has a diameter of some 60m and stands 9m above the level of the surrounding land. The small, flat top is likely to have provided the site for a single building or tower and a palisade fence may have bounded this area. The motte is unusual in appearing not to have been surrounded by a ditch. Little is known of the history of the monument. The local name of Barrow Green may indicate a folk tradition that the site was a burial mound, but equally it might refer to the nearby rabbit-infested woods known as Coney Burrow. The nearby Barrow Green Court was built or rebuilt in the early 17th century, at which time the Mount may have been altered to provide views of the associated gardens as was fashionable at the time - a map of 1762 shows the Mount to have been at the end of a long avenue of trees. (SHHER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ38035272

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 403869
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 1246 '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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