| HER Number (PRN): | 01735 |
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| Name: | Castle on Callow Hill |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
Possible site of Callow Castle disused by c.1274. The remains are said to have been observed by Leland in about 1540. Field investigation in 1971 failed to find evidence for the castle.
| Parish: | Minsterley, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ30SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 3843 0480 |
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Related records
| 01035 | Related to: Bradling Stone, Norton in Hales (Monument) |
| 01048 | Related to: Callow Hill Camp Hillfort (Monument) |
| 01283 | Related to: Postulated deserted medieval village at Callow (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA2264 - 1971 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
The castle was built on the site of the Iron Age hillfort on Callow Hill (SA 1048). This castle, probably built of stone, was disused by about 1274, but its remains were observed by Leland about 1540. Stone taken in 1688 from Callow Hill for the foundations of Minsterley Chapel, may have come from the castle <1a>
An examination of the hillfort (SA 1048) has revealed nothing which would suggest the site of a castle, but a charter of 1274 -8 refers to a castellum here to which the service of two half knights fees had formerly pertained (Longleat Ms). The castle was clearly disused at this date and was probably of stone, for in c 1540 John Leland speaks of substantial remains of a castle between Pontesbury and Hogstow Wood, which can only refer to Callow Castle <1b>
There is no evidence of a castle within the earthwork on Callow Hill. OS FI 1971 <1>
2001 Scheduling documentation for the hillfort concurs that there is no visible indication to suggest that the remains of the castle lie within. <2>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01735. |
| [01a] | SSA1126 - Volume: Gaydon A T (ed). 1968. Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 8. p306. |
| [01b] | SSA1228 - Article in serial: Lawson J B. 1965. Article in Shropshire Newsletter. Shropshire News. No 28. p2. |
| [01d] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 MHB 16-JUL-71. |
| [01c] | SSA3900 - Monograph: Leland J (ed Smith L T). 1962. The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-43. p26-27. |
| [01] | SSA6142 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ30SE7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ30SE7. |
| [02] | SSA20674 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 2001. Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 09/05/2001). 33838. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 22 2021 2:45PM |
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