| HER Number (PRN): | 03570 |
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| Name: | Tradition of a castle site c 475m SW of New Holdings Farm |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
By tradition, there was a castle at this site. A specimen of stone from the site was presented to Shrewsbury Museum in 1951. Area also includes separate enclosure site, holoways and other earthwork features recorded by MUMP.
| Parish: | Church Preen, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO59NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 53892 97674 |
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Related records: None recorded
Associated Finds
- FSA299 - ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1540 AD?)
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Traditional site of old castle. Specimen stone from this site presented to Shrewsbury Museum 10/7/51 (SO 53865 97625) <1a>
Not on location noted for above, but in the same area - EH MORPH SUMMARY, EH Unit No. 6: A potential enclosure of Unknown Medieval date, seen as an earthwork, and mapped from poor quality aerial photographs. The site appears as an incomplete, rectangular enclosure, ?m x 18m, defined by 1 bank with 3 sides visible… ->
-> A number of earthwork features were located at this site on aerial photographs. The features included a possible incomplete sub-circular enclosure at SO 5377 9751, defined by a bank with a diameter of 75m. To the north-east at SO 5384 9766 is an elongated bank 170m long, at SO 5391 9772 is a small banked rectangular enclosur 16m x 28m and tho the east and north are hollow ways. It is possible that these features are associated with the supposed site of the castle described by <1>. ->
-> MUMP data also shows other unknown earthworks and holloways in area. This area has now been digitised on GIS. <2><2a>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03570. |
| [01a] | SSA8867 - Map annotation: Hobbs J L. 1953. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [01] | SSA8868 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO59NW7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO59NW7. |
| [02] | SSA22521 - Database file: National Monuments Record (NMR). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP) MORPH records (2006 version). Marches Uplands Survey. MU.332.2, Unit 6. |
| [02a] | SSA31561 - Vertical aerial photograph: Historic England / RAF. c.1946-1955. NRHE: RAF Aerial Photographs held by Historic England Archive. Black and white. RAF CPE/UK/2474/4066-7 09-MAR-1948. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 29 2022 11:39AM |
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