NHER 8808 (Monument record) - Possible site of medieval castle, Scoulton

Oval enclosure 0.5 miles north of Abergavenny Farm.
Earthworks of castle of Constantine Mortimer, licensed 13 Edward II (=1319) (S1) probably older motte and bailey castle founded on same site.
Sketched by Reverend James Bulwer in around 1830 according to B. Cozens-Hardy (1952 in scrapbook). (See sketch in file: shows rectangular foundations in circular enclosure with outer bailey crossed by causeway - E. Rose (NAU).)
Ploughed 1945; see RAF aerial photographs; visited by R. R. Clarke (NCM) 22 December 1958.
Copy of NCM card by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

R. R. Clarke (NCM) does not give his evidence for this actual spot being the site, and does not say whether he found anything on his visit or whether the ploughing had destroyed any evidence. Paul Rutledge (NRO) says study of documents leads him to believe that NHER 8809 to south is really the castle site. (S2) marks this area as Abergavenny Wood; on the 1806 enclosure map and the tithe map of around 1840 fields are marked, with nothing to suggest the site.
E. Rose (NAU) 17 March 1982.

February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The earthworks of a probable oval enclosure of an unknown date are visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2022 (S3). The date and function of the feature is uncertain. It has been previously suggested (see above) that that earthworks could be associated with the site of a medieval castle. Although this is possible, an area of substantial medieval earthworks (NHER 13068) approximately 1.2km to the southeast would be a more likely site for the suggested castle. The oval enclosure may have related to a former medieval to post medieval stock enclosure or perhaps a former area of woodland. The oval enclosure is also mapped on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6" map (S4).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 16 February 2026