Castle Mound at Trellech
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la_spice
- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 11:26:11
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Usksider
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- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 11:33:56
You would!
It's all that's left of a mott and bailey castle... -
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tylluanpenry
- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 11:29:45
There are a surprising number of these about - but most people pass them by without another thought. Interestingly, in Wenglish a 'tump' means a pile of something, as in 'I've just trod in a tump of ..........
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Lovely photo and thanks for reminding me of the history that is everywhere if only we look for it.-
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Usksider
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- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 11:38:02
I'll bet it was Barney again!
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Munzly
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- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 11:57:22
La-Spice's comment reminded me of a archaeologist I knew who always called them "Mob and Belly" - Nob with big belly inside. Mob with empty bellies outside!
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Usksider
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- Sunday, 20. Apr, 2008 @ 12:00:27
How wonderful! I really like that.
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la_spice
- Tuesday, 22. Apr, 2008 @ 09:23:13
Knob and belly???
I must get my eyes tested! 
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Munzly
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- Tuesday, 22. Apr, 2008 @ 10:06:12
Presumably the nob(ility) inside had such an appendage or knew a man that did!
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- Tuesday, 22. Apr, 2008 @ 01:13:37
The shading of the photo seems so stark and foreboding. Perhaps rain in the forecast?
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Usksider
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- Tuesday, 22. Apr, 2008 @ 08:03:09
Yes indeed... good Welsh weather... rain falling vertically from the heavens!
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Is it a burial mound or a defence one?
Your title made me smile - when I was in my teens I was out walking with my boyfriend, he got his words mixed up and said "look at that stree tump" instead of tree stump. I teased him about it for years afterwards.