Moreswood mound (The Gatehouse Record)

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

OS Map Grid Reference: SO32649309
Latitude 52.53157° Longitude -2.99421°

Moreswood mound has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are earthwork remains.

Description

A large mound at SO 32669310 is more likely to be a Motte than a Tumulus (Annotated Record Map A J Bird 1966).
A whale-backed mound approximately 50.0m long, 40.0m wide and 5.0m high, at SO 32649309. It is almost certainly a natural feature (Field Investigators Comments F1 DJC 23-NOV-73)
The mound described by the previous authorities was seen as earthworks and mapped from aerial photographs during the Marches Uplands Mapping Project. It appears to be enclosed on its southern and western sides by a ditch and bank and may therefore not be entirely of natural origin (Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR (CPT) SO3292/6 3-JAN-1986).

This mound was thought to be a possible motte castle. Although given a low score in the MPP desk based assessment phase, aerial photographs indicated a prominent landscape feature. It is an oval-shaped knoll, apx 45m by 55m across and between 3m and 5m in height, with a pronounced fall to the south. It is situated at the junction of the upper river terrace of the Camlad and steeply rising ground to the north. Farm tracks have cut into the base of the mound. It lies within a field of long-established pasture and is a natural formation (Reid Malcolm L. 1999-Jul-27. MPP Non-Scheduling Alternative Action Report). (Shropshire HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 107536.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 03474.

Books
- Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 72 (reject)
  Bird, A.J.,1977, History on the Ground p. 91

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