Monument Type(s):

• TOWN WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)

Summary

Small evaluation trench 1.2m deep at rear of the property in advance of building work. Stone footing of the C13th Town Wall had been reused as the footings for the brick wall of a recently demolished building.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA1599 - 1989 Evaluation in advance of extension of Feathers Hotel, Ludlow by CHAU

Description

Small evaluation trench 1.2m deep at rear of the property in advance of building work. Stone footing of the C13th Town Wall had been reused as the footings for the brick wall of a recently demolished building <1>

Report on evaluation notes presence of (?)post-medieval pottery. Medieval deposits not excavated; buried beneath post-medieval garden soil 0.35m thick and C19th demolition rubble 0.60m thick. <2>

CMHTS Record Sheet <3>

CMHTS Report <4>

Rexamination of <1> and <2> indicates site was incorrectly located by CMHTS (<3><4>); site now plotted in correct location (see ESA 1599). <5>

<01> Morriss Richard K, 1989, 25 Bull Ring, Ludlow (Article in serial). SSA11542.

<02> Morriss Richard K & Shoesmith Ron, 1990, Ludlow Castle - Watching Brief and Recording of the Collapsed SE Section of the Curtain Wall (Watching brief report). SSA4691.

<03> Dalwood Hal, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Ludlow, Ludlow 6111 (Record form). SSA19968.

<04> Dalwood Hal et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Ludlow, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12072.

<05> Carey Giles, 2014 onwards, Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database, 11/04/2016 (SMR comment). SSA26784.

Sources

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