HER Number (PRN): | 05143 |
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Name: | Castle/ Bishops palace, Bishops Castle |
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Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Bishop's Castle |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
This site represents: a bishops palace of medieval date, a castle of medieval date.
Parish: | Bishop's Castle, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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Map Sheet: | SO38NW |
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Grid Reference: | SO 3234 8907 |
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Related records
00145 | Related to: The Castle, Bishops Castle (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
The castle was built c1127 as palace of Bishop of Hereford, used as palace and subsequently as private house <1>
CMHTS Comment:- The castle component consists of earthworks of motte and bailey (SA145) but street pattern suggests outer defences, defined from tithe map 1840 and OS map 1883 [<3>, <4>]. Field investigation (1994) shows that component consists of generally raised area of higher ground, defined by: Castle Street on W (revetment wall 0.5m high, with bank above); Welsh Street and Market Street on S (where houses are terraced into slope, now with revetment walls 5.0m high to rear; Bull Street with high bank, and houses terraced in along frontage and Bull Lane (high bank with revetment wall 2.0m high along frontage). This defines a large castle site <2>
Tithe map 1840 <3>
OS map 1883 <4>
CMHTS Report <5>
<01> Tonkin J W, 1976, The Palaces of the Bishop of Hereford, p55 (Article in serial). SSA11464.
<02> Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Acton Burnell to Bishop's Castle, Bishops Castle 5143 (Record form). SSA19964.
<03> Foxall H D G, Transcript of Bishop's Castle Tithe Map (1840) (Map). SSA11455.
<04> Ordnance Survey, 1884, OS County Series 42.04, 1884 (Map). SSA12057.
<05> Dalwood Hal et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12065.
Sources
[01] | SSA11464 - Article in serial: Tonkin J W. 1976. The Palaces of the Bishop of Hereford. Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club. Vol 42. Pt 1, p53-63. p55. |
[02] | SSA19964 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Acton Burnell to Bishop's Castle. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 1. Bishops Castle 5143. |
[03] | SSA11455 - Map: Foxall H D G. Transcript of Bishop's Castle Tithe Map (1840). Foxall map transcripts. Bishop's Castle. 1:10560. |
[04] | SSA12057 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884. OS County Series 42.04, 1884. OS County Series. 62.04. 1:2500. |
[05] | SSA12065 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 299. |
Date Last Edited: | Nov 16 2010 3:53PM |
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