Eaton Mound (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Lydbury North.
In the historic county of Shropshire.
Modern Authority of Shropshire.
1974 county of Shropshire.
Medieval County of Shropshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO37418951
Latitude 52.49989° Longitude -2.92342°

Eaton Mound has been described as a probable Timber Castle.

There are earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

A mutilated earthwork mound allegedly the findspot of an urn and burnt bones prior to 1872 during road construction. Possibly a Romano-British barrow, but given its position more likely to be a medieval motte. The surviving fragment of mound is 2.8 metres high and had an original diameter of 18 metres. In 1974 it was seen to be incorporated into the kitchen garden of a farmhouse. The mound has been mapped from aerial photographs. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1016667, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 32292
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 107001.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 03178.

Books
- Duckers, Peter and Anne, 2006, Castles of Shropshire (Stroud: Tempus) p. 73
  Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 24
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 424
  Bird, A.J., 1977, History on the Ground (University of Wales Press) p. 101
  Wall (after Downham), 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol. 1 p. 411 (noted as 'tumulus')
  Wright, T., 1872, Uriconium (London) p. 47 online copy
  Eyton, R.W., 1860, Antiquities of Shropshire (London: John Russell Smith) Vol. 11 p. 192- online copy
Periodical Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124
  Wright, T., 1856, Illustrated London News p. 351-2

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