| HER Number (PRN): | 01649 |
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| Name: | Possible icehouse, Moat Bank, Hawkstone Farm, Marchamley |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Marchamley |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A possible icehouse/potato store was built in the C18 into a mound previously interpreted as a moated site. Documentary evidence suggests this as a possible siegework.
| Parish: | Hodnet, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ52NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5940 2940 |
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Related records
| 17553 | Part of: Hawkstone Farm, Marchamley (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA2190 - 1962 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
Remains of circular moat at Hawkstone Farm <1a>
A late C18 potato-house <1b>
The feature is a flat topped irregular mound whose purpose appears to have been to cover a large brick chamber. Adjoining it on the north west is a comparably large pit. No trace of a moat was found. OS FI 1962 <1><1c>
Noted in Bob Jarrett's Gazetteer. <2>
Discussed by Madge Moran (see PRN 17553) includes a good range of C19 farm buildings with a structure built into the side of an old motte. It seems too large for an ice house although it could have supplied a large household. Could it have been connected with wine-making? There was a short-lived attempt by the estate at growing a vineyard. Photograph of ?wine store. <3>
Additional references from NRHE. <4>->
-> Large, rather flat motte, much of it cut away. No remains of any bailey. Built 1223, when called a fortalice. <4b> ->
-> Marchamley: a possible motte to the southern side of the village. Noted in a document of 1223 as a "fortalice", possibly adapted as a seige work in 1223. It contains the remains of an 19th century brick built potato house and a large pit. <4c>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01649. |
| [01a] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p. 403. |
| [01c] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 JHW 19-JAN-62. |
| [01b] | SSA5974 - Map annotation: Whitfield J R W. 1952. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [01] | SSA5975 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1962. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ52NE8. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ52NE8. |
| [02] | SSA24009 - Article in serial: Jarrett B. 2009. Shropshire Ice Houses Gazetteer. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 84. 34-50. p.40. |
| [03] | SSA22146 - Monograph: Moran Madge. 2003. Vernacular Buildings of Shropshire. p.447. |
| [04a] | SSA1163 - Article in serial: Hogg A H A & King D J C. 1963. Early Castles in Wales and the Marches. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol 112. p77-124. |
| [04b] | SSA29017 - Monograph: Cathcart King D J. 1983. Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands. Vol 2. p.425. |
| [04c] | SSA29943 - Gazetteer: Jackson M. 1985. A gazetteer of Medieval castles in England. Part 33- Shropshire. p.36. |
| [04] | SSA31555 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 2020 onwards. NRHE: National Record of the Historic Environment. HOB UID 70626. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 22 2021 10:48AM |
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