Scheduled Monument: A good example of a Norman motte castle.
The motte is as described [in <3c>]. The ditch remains on the NW and the SW sides only. OS FI 1971 <1><1a>
The motte at Lady House is 10-11 ft high from the vestige of a ditch now 2 ft deep, and has a circular top of about 25ft in diameter. There is no sign of a bailey, and there probably never was one. Plan and section reproduced. <3c>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, High score as one of 43 Motte castles <6>
Scheduling revised in 1995. Scheduling description: ->
-> The monument includes the remains of a small motte castle situated on ground falling gently to the north, overlooking the valley of the Rea Brook. it includes a mound of earth and stone rubble construction 23m in diameter at base rising 3.5m to a flattened summit 8m in diameter. A shallow ditch averaging 3m wide and 0.4m deep, from which material would have been quarried for the construction of the mound, remains visible as a surface feature around the south, west and north sides of the motte. This will exist as a buried feature of similar proportions around the remaining east side of the motte. A post and wire fence surrounding the monument and the surface of the trackway crossing the southern quarter of the ditch are excluded from the scheduling although the ground beneath these features is included. <7>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2008. <8>
Visited during a condition survey by the English Heritage Field Monument Warden, in 1998. Condition recorded as fair with some fencing in need of realignment. <9>
The earthwork remains of the motte described by the previous authorities was seen at SJ 3443 1224 and mapped from aerial photographs. The motte mound measures approximately 22m in diamerer and has a ditch encircling the base of the mound. Immediately to the north of the motte are two fields of ridge and furrow centred at SJ 3443 0245 which may be associated with the site. CPT 85-8/12-13 1985; CPT 87/MB/1284-5 1987. <10>
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01624. |
| [01a] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 MHB 04-MAR-71. |
| [01] | SSA5927 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ30SW8. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ30SW8. |
| [02] | SSA17595 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1985-Mar-12. CPAT 85/08/0012 to 0013 (2 photos). |
| [03a] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p390. |
| [03c] | SSA4084 - Article in serial: Spurgeon C J & King D J C. 1965. The Mottes in the Vale of Montgomery. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol 114. p72-73. |
| [03b] | SSA5926 - TEXT: Chitty Lily F. 1965. Subsidiary Castle Sites West of Shrewsbury. |
| [03] | SSA5930 - Field Monument Warden Report: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC). 1986-Oct-13. Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 31101 (13/10/1986). |
| [04] | SSA17596 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1987-Dec-13. CPAT 87/MB/1284 to 1285 (2 photos). Black and White. Medium. |
| [05] | SSA5928 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. Map of Scheduled area. |
| [06] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [07] | SSA5929 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1995. Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 26/07/1995). 19184. |
| [08] | SSA25430 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Jul-26. SA0810_019 (1 photo) Flight: 08_SA_10. Colour. Digital. |
| [09] | SSA20802 - Field survey report: Leigh Judith. 2001. Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Shropshire Hills ESA: Brief Condition Survey. |
| [10] | SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.112.1
MU.112.1. |