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EVENJOBB
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A small mound about 900 years old lies
in a field found by following the small track up past a unmistakable heavily
buttressed stone barn. It is part of a site which includes earthworks,
a causeway and a dam though you must look around to find traces of them.
The mound contains much stone which means that it may be collapsed material
from a round tower rather than a motte. The site curiously has no traces
of defences to the N which is a gentle rise and therefore vulnerable.
It is thus possible that the site was not a castle, but some kind of water
power complex which utilised the confluence of two streams by building
a dam slightly above their meeting point.
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Evenjobb is mentioned in records of 1211-12
which means that both sites here are probably 12th century. The second
motte at Evenjobb, now all but vanished, existed at the crossroads although
slight traces can be detected in surrounding property. There is a possibility
that the two sites at Evenjobb were once connected as they would have
been within view of one another.
The church is mainly Victorian but features some nice stained glass windows and a painted alterpiece. |
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