Remains of Waytemore Castle
REMAINS OF WAYTEMORE CASTLE, THE CAUSEWAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1101603
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF WAYTEMORE CASTLE, THE CAUSEWAY
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- Date:
- 1999-09-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/01036/08
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1101603
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- Statutory Address 1:
- REMAINS OF WAYTEMORE CASTLE, THE CAUSEWAY
Location
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF WAYTEMORE CASTLE, THE CAUSEWAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bishop's Stortford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4900621458
Details
TL 4921 SW: 4/12, 3/12, 6/12
TL 4821 SE
TL 42 SE
18.10.49
THE CAUSEWAY
Remains of Waytemore Castle
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Remains of C11 and C12 motte and bailey castle. Earthwork mound, flint walling. Large oval motte, 40 ft high, with ruins of C12 shell keep on top perimeter. Remains of chambers in northeast and southeast angles. Roughly pentagonal bailey to south has water courses on four sides. Now public tennis courts and gardens; wooded with grand avenue. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (RCHM (1911)).
Listing NGR: TL4900621458
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160900
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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