Monument Type(s):

• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)
• MOTTE AND BAILEY? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1901 AD)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: A rare survival of a Bronze Age burial mound in this part of Shropshire (where most other examples have been ploughed out), which has also been interpreted over the years as a castle and a windmill mound.

Related records: None recorded

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA543 - 1979 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
• ESA544 - 1991 field observation by Shropshire County Council

Description

Flat topped mound. This may be a windmill mound <1a>
A grass covered mound, inconspicuously sited, 60m south of Glazely Church. it averages 19.5m in diameter, and is 1.3m high on the uphill side, and 1.7m high on the downhill side. There is no trace of a ditch and the level summit has a diameter of 9m. While the possibility of a mill mound exists the form and position also suggest that it may have been a small motte. There is no indication of a bailey. OS FI 1979 <1>

The names of Mill Cottage and Mill Coppice appear at SO705885 and SO 707883 respectively. (A Tyler comment?) <2>

A flat topped mound .. It is oval, with diameters of approx 16m and 20m and a top diameter of 9m. It is up to 2m high. It does, however, have a ditch, visible on the S and W sides, 6-7m wide (erosion of the mound may have increased its width), and 0.3m deep. To the NW of the mound, there is a large shallow depression, possibly a quarry pit which provided extra material for the earthwork. Alternatively, it might be the site of an old house-the owner reported finds of bricks in this paddock. In the field to the S (not entered) were two perpendicular banks or scarps which could be part of a bailey, or old field boundaries. This mound is very likely to be a motte, particularly given its position and the existence of a ditch. The Mill Coppice and Mill Cottage name 0.5km away on a stream have been taken to suggest an interpretation of this site as a windmill. However, the names are more likely to apply to a water mill given their location <3>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 43 Motte castles <5>

Scheduled in 2000 as a round barrow. Scheduling description: ->

-> The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a Bronze Age round barrow constructed of earth and situated on a gentle east to north east facing slope in an area of undulating land. The barrow mound is about 21m in diameter at its base. Its flat top, 8m across, may be the result of later modification. In relation to the sloping ground on which it stands, the height of the mound increases from 1.6m to 2.2m. Although no longer visible at ground level, a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument, surrounds the mound. This has become infilled over the years but will survive as a buried feature, approximately 3m wide. ->

-> All fence posts are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included. <6>

Sources

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