Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Herefordshire, Volume 1: H 936.244 |
Source: | Transcript of Original Publication |
Title: | Motte and Bailey: architecture, construction and history |
Place name: | Walterstone |
Date: | Up to 1700 |
Description:
(3). MOTTE and BAILEY (Plan, p. xxxiv), 100 yards W. of the church. The motte has a diameter of 48 yards at the base and is 30 ft. high above the bottom of the ditch which surrounds it. The ditch is partly wet. There are remains of kidney-shaped bailey E. and S.E. of the motte, mostly bounded by a scarp but with remains of a rampart on the S.
Condition—Fairly good.
xxxiv |
Observations:
Description documented c 1930 by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments
Ordnance Survey Map Reference and Index of Parish Properties
Ref: rs_wal_0036