Mouse Castle, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Mouse Castle, an ancient camp on the W border of Herefordshire, on a considerable eminence, 1 mile ENE of Hay. It measures only 150 feet in diameter, but is defended by are embankment 12 feet high.and by a deep fosse, and has ramifications of rampart and ditch down the steep sides of the eminence toward Hay.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Mouse Castle are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)