| HER Number (PRN): | 60202 |
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| Name: | Really an event (ESA3705?): Surfaces, The Square, Shrewsbury |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Summary
A borehole nearly in the centre of the Square drilled in February 1950 showed no evidence of peat. It indicated that the Old Market Hall lies outside the Shirehall peat deposit area.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 49135 12476 |
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Related records
| 60201 | Related to: Find of an Axe hammer in 1886 in High Street, Shrewsbury (Find Spot) |
| 62610 | Related to: Gumbestolesmore, Gombestalmere, The Shirehall Bog (Monument) |
| 60203 | Related to: Peat deposits, Statue of Lord Clive, The Square, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60121 | Related to: Really an event (not sorted yet) The Shirehall (1881 extension) (Monument) |
| 62463 | Related to: The Square, The Corn Market, Corn Chepying (Monument) |
| 60119 | Related to: Waterlogged deposit recorded during building of the The Shirehall, The Square, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60120 | Related to: Waterlogged deposit, The Shirehall rebuilding, The Square, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA3705 - 1950 borehole survey by Rowley's House Museum
Description
Lily Chitty, in her 1951 article [ <1>], published borehole data given to her by the Borough Surveyor for a borehole nearly in the centre of the Square drilled in February 1950 but not more precisely located. From the surface to 9ft (-2.75m) was filled material, hardcore, bricks, rubble, soil; from 9ft to 17ft (-5.18m) was dark grey clay, sand and gravel . There was no peat, and Chitty commented that the borehole appeared to lie outside the area of the Shirehall peat deposit (represented by sites 60119-60121 etc). This is supported by a letter of 29-5-1885 to the Chronicle's Notes & Queries column to the effect that the Old Market Hall lies outside the peat area, standing on terra firma <2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA390 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1951/ 1953. Prehistoric and Other Early Finds in the Borough of Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 54. p105-144. p119 (note 3). |
| [02] | SSA10389 - Article in serial: de S H. 1885-May-29. The street of Gumbstol. Shropshire Notes Queries. Ser 1, Vol 1-2. p53. |
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 28 2021 9:24AM |
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