NHER 4935 (Monument record) - Possible site of castle and/or medieval hall, Methwold

Site of Hall (Ordnance Survey).
Some remains still in late 19th century. See (S1).
Now not a trace remains - site levelled as football pitch.

November 1975.
(S2) claims that this was a castle, the outer bailey of which was taken into the churchyard, and that the coping stones of the churchyard wall came from this. It mentions that the plan of the buildings could sometimes be seen from the church tower, and that there were fishponds and a dam nearby. Ordnance Survey inspectors in 1972 saw traces on air photographs and found that local tradition said that cropmarks could still be seen from the church tower in dry weather. They could not identify the coping stones or the dam, but found two overgrown fishponds.
E. Rose (NAU).

(S1) is also confusing - he states that this was a 15th century house, but incorporating stone from an older hall demolished at the time of Edward III, which stood in Hall Close or Dutchy Meadow - is this the same field?
E. Rose (NAU).

Note however that the northern part of NHER 24980 is marked on old maps as Hall Close, and that there are fishponds here (NHER 32250). Possibly the site was much larger in extent that originally assumed.
E. Rose (NLA), 12 July 2004.