An earth mound next to the River Stert may be the remains of a medieval motte, or castle mound, connected with Fitzharris Manor.
A later manor house, on what is now a green at Fitzharris Road nearby, was demolished in the 1950s.
Published Reference: A.E. Preston (1934), A Moated Mounds at Abingdon, Berkshire, Berkshire Archaeological Journal 38, 167-70