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| HHER Number: | 746 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SHRUNKEN VILLAGE AND DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS, THE BURY FIELD, PIRTON |
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Monument Types
- BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Area of Archaeological Significance 21
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 13612: TOOT HILL MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AND SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AT PIRTON
- SHINE: Pirton motte-and-bailey castle
Full description
The settlement lies by the Icknield Way. Earthworks of banks and ditches lie within a field named The Bury to the south and east of Toot Hill [32] <1>. These are probably the remains of one or more baileys, and shrunken village earthworks represented by hollow ways and house platforms, surveyed in 1987-8 <2, 3, 4>. See
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Page, W (ed.), 1908, VCH Hertfordshire vol.2, - p117-18 (Bibliographic reference). SHT9314.
Renn, Derek, 1971, Medieval castles in Hertfordshire, - p2 (Bibliographic reference). SHT9405.
<1> Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report, Site report 21.1.86 (Unpublished document). SHT4214.
<2> Letchworth Museum, 1988, Survey of earthworks at Great Bury, Pirton (Cartographic material). SHT6552.
<3> KJM (Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith), 1989, Pirton, The Bury, Details of 1988 surveying (Unpublished document). SHT9313.
<4> Burleigh, Gil, 1988, North Herts archaeological project; North Hertfordshire Antiquary no.17 (March 1988), 1-5, - p3 (Article in serial). SHT7813.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1908. VCH Hertfordshire vol.2. - p117-18. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Renn, Derek. 1971. Medieval castles in Hertfordshire. - p2. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report. Site report 21.1.86. |
| <2> | Cartographic material: Letchworth Museum. 1988. Survey of earthworks at Great Bury, Pirton. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: KJM (Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith). 1989. Pirton, The Bury. Details of 1988 surveying. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Burleigh, Gil. 1988. North Herts archaeological project; North Hertfordshire Antiquary no.17 (March 1988), 1-5. - p3. |
Related records
| 16620 | Part of: PIRTON VILLAGE (Place) |
| 32 | Part of: TOOT HILL MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE, PIRTON (Monument) |
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