The Gatehouse website record for Sherrington Motte

In the civil parish of Sherrington. In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).

The Norman castle of the Giffords, at Sherrington has no visible remains of masonry (WAHNM, 1920-2). This motte is 48m across and rises 5.5m above a 3.5m deep ditch, which widens in the east to form a water-filled moat. Vestiges of a perimeter bank on the top of the motte remain, but there is no trace of any structure. There is no evidence of an associated bailey (Field Investigators Comments–F1 MHB 17-FEB-75). A ditch 110m NW of the motte was sectioned in 1972 and found to be 25 feet wide. It probably represents a bailey ditch. The enclosure map of Sherrington shows the road pattern to the south of the motte forms a D-shape enclosing the parish church, probably indicating a second bailey (Creighton). (PastScape)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST96003923

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 210836
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is ST93NE450 '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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