Morcott Spinney, Melton

Earthwork in Morcott Spinney

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This is a scheduled monument, but there is no clear indication of precisely what it was. It has been variously identified as an uncompleted motte, a Civil War artillery emplacement and a viewpoint for a landed estate. Aerial photography from 2011 indicates further earthworks outside the spinney, suggesting an 'outer bailey' but without any confirmation that they are associated with the main earthwork.

Uploaded to Geograph by Alan Murray-Rust on 11 April 2016

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