0.2km West of the A49 and 350 yards NW of Upper Ashton Farm is a motte raised on the end of a natural spur. Surrounding the motte is a now dry watercourse.

The parish name Eye Moreton and Ashton is interesting in that each word has a separate landscape meaning. Eye means 'raised ground on a marsh', Moreton means 'marsh settlement' and Ashton means 'ash-tree settlement'.  the three name together suggest that this parish is raised above surrounding marshy ground and is associated with  the growth of ash trees. (Herefordshire Place Names - Copleston-Crow, BAR  British Series 214, 1989)

The mound is roughly circular, 30m in diameter and rising 2.1m above the ground at the back of the spur, from which it is separated by a slight ditch. It is 5.7m above the ground surrounding the spur.

There are faint indications of a bailey, and the site is naturally defensible.