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Pimple Hill Castle Bromwich

sylviasayers said:
I live in Castle Bromwich and though I have been to "the pimple" didn't know it had a name. When you pass the "clock island" onto the Bradford Lane there is a little lane that takes you down to Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens and the church, there are bollards across the top end of the lane, but at one time you could drive down there, we often stroll down there and have a rest on "the pimple". Must tell Ray the name.
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i rememer the old chester rd from the church down to the newport rd before the collector rd was built it sure was steep
 
mw0njm. said:
i rememer the old chester rd from the church down to the newport rd before the collector rd was built it sure was steep
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I lived in Millington Road, used to cycle to Berrandale Road over the old Newport road up the old bit of Chester Road to the Church along Rectory Lane that we thought were very expensive posh houses, then left down the country lane to Pimple Hill to play, went around that area on the bus a few months ago could not get my bearings .
 
i have had a reply from Dr mike hodder who some will know was bcc archaeologist but still heavily involved in this work...as chance would have it he is giving a talk soon about castle bromwich castle which was a motte and bailey castle and the pimple was the motte the details are in his message below..could be of interest to some of you..

lyn


Hi Lyn

Good to hear from you!- I haven't heard from you for a while

The Pimple is still there, with a concrete wall around it. You can see it , across the A452 Collector Rid, from the graveyard over the road from Castle Bromwich church.

It was the very first excavation I dug on, when I was a schoolboy. The director of the excavation, Bill Ford, died several years ago and I have been writing a report on the excavations from the records and finds at Birmingham museum. The report should be published next year, in the Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society. I am giving a talk about it to the Sutton Coldfield Archaeological Society on Friday 27th February, 2 for 2.15pm, at Trinity Centre, next to Holy Trinity C of E church, Church Hill, Mill St, Sutton Coldfield B72 1TF. Everyone is welcome, no need to book, and it is £5 admission
 
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