| HER Number (PRN): | 03721 |
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| Name: | A trackway running from Knockin |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Knockin |
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Monument Type(s):
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
A trackway of medieval to post medieval date, possibly forming part of a medieval hollow way.
| Parish: | Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ32SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 332 224 |
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Related records
| 03723 | Related to: Possible Borough Boundary Ditch of Knockin, or Castle Outworks (Monument) |
| 31867 | Related to: Possible burgage plot boundaries, NE of Lower House Farm, Knockin (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA7104 - 1980 DBA and walkover survey of the Parish of Knockin, Shropshire by V E Turner
- ESA7576 - 2014/5 assessment of visual impacts at Knockin by CPAT
- ESA7578 - 2014 Trial trenching, land N of Lower House Farm, Knockin, Shropshire by CPAT
Description
In 1766 there was a track from Knockin passing between two crofts, and then along the E side of New Piece to the NE corner where it stopped at the boundary of Red Meadow. The two ditches remain either side of a slight rise. The distance between the bottoms of the two ditches is 14.7m. The difference in height between the bottom of the ditch and the top of the bank is 1.2m. The width of the whole is approx. 29.3m. The road seems very wide and has lasted extremely well for a road to the fields, and may have been on the site of an earlier earthwork or medieval or post medieval date. <1>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 15 Medieval Trackways. <2>
Mapped extent extended to the south, where the trackway appears to continue and is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map as a footpath. <3><4>
Described as a slight depression aligned north to south, the line of which is followed by a public footpath. <5>
The southern extent of this feature lay within an area evaluated by trial trenching in 2014. This holloway running north/south across the area might represent part of the former street pattern but could have simply provided farm access to the village’s fields and pastures. It was not possible to evaluate the holloway as it is a public footpath. <6>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03721. |
| [01] | SSA8962 - Monograph: Turner V E. 1981. An Archaeological Survey of Knockin. KN22; p27. |
| [02] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [03] | SSA20952 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1899-1903. OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series. |
| [04] | SSA26784 - HER comment: Carey Giles. 2014 onwards. Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database. 09/10/2015. |
| [05] | SSA28199 - Deskbased survey report: Jones N. 2014/2015. A development site in Knockin, Shropshire. CPAT Rep. 1268-2. p.18. |
| [06] | SSA28201 - Excavation report: Hankinson R. 2014. Land North of Lower House Farm, Knockin, Shropshire: archaeological evaluation. CPAT Rep. 1289. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 8 2023 3:13PM |
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