OLDCASTLE, EARTHWORK;OLDCASTLE, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306462
Map Reference
SO32SW
Grid Reference
SO32452453
Unitary (Local) Authority
Monmouthshire
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Unknown

Site Description

A stretch of bank, 7.0m across and c.1.0m high, to the NE and E of Court Farm house (Nprn36715). A contiuation to the W was levelled c.1970.
Os 1:2500 (1920) shows a pond, fed from the W, whose outfall (shown on Os Landline) may follow the W side of the enclosure, giving overall dimensions of c.43m by 58m, suitable for an IA enclosure. The church (Nprn3023) to the N, can be seen as occupying a triangular annex to the enclosure, c.42m by 43m.
(source Os495card; SO32SW3)
J.Wiles 17.09.02