The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument)
The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument) is a monument in Melton District, Leicestershire, England. The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument) is situated nearby to the swimming pool Waterfield Leisure Pool, as well as near Wilton Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melton Mowbray railway station and Egerton Park.
Melton Mowbray railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melton Mowbray railway station serves the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and operated by East Midlands Railway, though CrossCountry operates most of the services as part of its Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport route. Melton Mowbray railway station is situated 1,700 feet east of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).
Egerton Park
Park
Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931. Egerton Park is situated 1,100 feet north of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).
Melton Carnegie Museum
Museum
Photo: Brian Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Melton Carnegie Museum is a museum in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, which documents the history of the market town. It is managed by Leicestershire County Council and supported by Melton Borough Council and is Heritage Lottery Funded. Melton Carnegie Museum is situated 2,900 feet east of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melton Mowbray and Asfordby Hill.
Melton Mowbray
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melton Mowbray, usually referred to locally as just Melton, is a market town in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is famous for the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and as the centre of Stilton Cheese production.
Asfordby Hill
Village
Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the parish of Asfordby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Thorpe Arnold
Village
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe Arnold is a farming village in the civil parish of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, in the district of Melton, in Leicestershire, England. It is approximately 1.2 miles northeast of Melton Mowbray. Thorpe Arnold is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).
The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument)
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “This medieval motte castle is known as ‘The Mount’. The mount is a circular earthwork approximately 30m in diameter and 3m high with a flat top 12m in diameter. A documentary reference to a motte at Melton is dated 1364. See https://historicengland.org.uk”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.76194° or 52° 45′ 43″ northLongitude
-0.89325° or 0° 53′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4XQ464+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 937130447OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Highlights include Waterfield Leisure Pool and Wilton Park.
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