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 near the swimming pool Waterfield Leisure Pool, as well as near Wilton Park.

Monument
…is inscribed with “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”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Melton Mowbray railway station and Egerton Park.

Melton Mowbray railway station

Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station

Melton Mowbray railway station serves the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. Melton Mowbray railway station is situated 1,700 feet east of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).

Egerton Park

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Park

Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Egerton Park is situated 1,100 feet north of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).

Melton Carnegie Museum

Brian Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum

The Melton Carnegie Museum is a museum… 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

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Melton Mowbray, usually referred to locally as just…

Asfordby Hill

Village

Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the…

Thorpe Arnold

Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Village

Thorpe Arnold is a farming village in the civil parish… Thorpe Arnold is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument).