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HER Number (PRN):05781
Name:East Bailey defences, Oswestry Castle
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Oswestry

Monument Type(s):

  • BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • CASTLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

This site represents: a bailey of medieval date, a castle of medieval date.

Parish:Oswestry, Oswestry, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ22NE
Grid Reference:SJ 2919 2984

Related records

05782Part of: Oswestry Castle (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

East bailey of Oswestry Castle, including Bailey Head - Possibly an inner bailey, with boundary marked by change of slope <1>

CMHTS Record Sheet <2>

CMHTS Report <3>


<01> Watson Michael D, 1988, Oswestry, an Archaeological Appraisal, p2 (Deskbased survey report). SSA11613.


<02> Dalwood Hal, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Oswestry, Oswestry 5781 (Record form). SSA19971.


<03> Dalwood Hal et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Oswestry, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12079.

Sources

[01]SSA11613 - Deskbased survey report: Watson Michael D. 1988. Oswestry, an Archaeological Appraisal. p2.
[02]SSA19971 - Record form: Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Oswestry. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 8. Oswestry 5781.
[03]SSA12079 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Oswestry, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 333.