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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
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 13612: TOOT HILL MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AND SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AT PIRTON
- SHINE: Pirton motte-and-bailey castle
- Area of Archaeological Significance 21
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 <2, 3>.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.2 (1908). - 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 | Unpublished document: Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report.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 | Unpublished document: KJM. 1989. Pirton, The Bury. Details of 1988 surveying |
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