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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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