Elvastone motte, Harewood.

SMR NO. 5776 GRID REF: SO 5240 2830

Elvastone may be a modern form of 'Elvareston' which may have once meant 'Aelfhere's estate'. Harewood most probably comes from the Old English 'hara-wudu', 'hare's wood. (Herefordshire Place Names - Copleston-Crow, BAR  British Series 214, 1989)

Harewood is 2km to the South of Hereford on the A49. It is suggested that there is a low-level moated site at Elvastone, 0.7km South of the disused church of St Denis. This area has since been ploughed out and there are no signs on the surface.