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Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm

England
List entry 1014104
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014104
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.19 hectares
Grid reference
SO 33857 36302
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cothill Tump is a motte castle situated approximately 500 metres north-west of Cothill Farm in Herefordshire, England. The monument consists of a substantial earthwork mound typical of Norman military architecture, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. Such mottes served as defensive strongholds and symbols of feudal authority across the English landscape during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of early medieval fortification strategies in the Welsh Marches region.

Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014104. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm?

Cothill Tump is a motte castle situated approximately 500 metres north-west of Cothill Farm in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014104.

Who is responsible for protecting Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm?

Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014104.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle 200yds (180m) SW of Newcourt Farm (4.3 km), Longtown castle and town (7.4 km), St Michael's Church, churchyard and standing cross immediately east of Dulas Court (7.5 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte and bailey castle 200yds (180m) SW of Newcourt Farm
4.3 km
Longtown castle and town
7.4 km
St Michael's Church, churchyard and standing cross immediately east of Dulas Court
7.5 km
Dore Abbey: a Cistercian monastery
7.7 km
Pont-Hendre castle mound
8.3 km
Loxidge Tump cairn
Prehistoric · Round Cairn8.6 km
Motte and bailey castle and alien priory immediately south of Castle Lands
8.8 km
Rhiw Arw cairn
Prehistoric · Round Cairn9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm

Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm

KenchesterRoman town · ~7.5 miles
Domesday entry for Almundestune, Herefordshire →
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