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Harold's House;Portskewett, Earthworks

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NPRN15506
Map ReferenceST48NE
Grid ReferenceST4986088050
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMonmouthshire
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityPortskewett
Type Of SiteSETTLEMENT
PeriodMedieval
Description
1. Supposed traces of the hunting lodge started by King Harold in 1065 and destroyed before completion.
2. Earthworks immediately W of Portskewett church (Nprn307463), comprising:
a subrectangular/oval mound/platform, c.21-22.5m in diameter and 1.0m high, with a bank springing from it, defining part of a possible enclosure, c.55m E-W by 25m;
on the W is a bank, c.50m E-W by 15m and 1.0m high, possibly forming a pond bay across a damp valley.
(source Os495card; ST48NE23)
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0468-9
RCAHMW AP945066/47-8
J.Wiles 20.02.03