| HER Number (PRN): | 00127 |
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| Name: | Half Moon Battery, Pound Street, Bridgnorth |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Bridgnorth |
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| Listed Building (II) 1053945: HALF MOON BATTERY |
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Monument Type(s):
- BASTION (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
A medieval bastion, which is protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO79SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 7137 9309 |
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Related records
| 00374 | Related to: Medieval Town Defences, Bridgnorth (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA4318 - 1976 field observation by Shropshire County Council
- ESA10266 - 2023 Heritage impact assessment, No. 16 Pound Street, Bridgnorth by Winterburn Heritage and Planning (Ref: 23/03852/FUL)
Description
Nearly at an equal distance between St Mary's and Whitburn Gates. Octagonal <1a>
A portion of a semi-hexagonal bastion, formerly linked with the town walls of which there are fragmentary remains, mainly foundations built up with brick.
All C13. <2>
The battery is located in the back yard of 16 Pound St. Its northern part has been destroyed by an outbuilding but the southern part, comprising some of the western face and the south west and south faces is in reasonable condition, despite being much overgrown. The masonry is of roughly coursed sandstone with some red sandstone, set in a pinkish sandy mortar. The wall angles are sharp and the bastion batters out slightly towards the base. There are no string courses or buttresses. The maximum surviving height is estimated as c4m from the ground level outside the town wall line. It is clear the bastion was of open gorge type. At the east side the gorge is blocked by what is probably a later wall revetting the gardens to the east. The precise relationship of the original form of this walling to the south of this bastion is unclear as the junction of the two is obscured by rubbish. A later patching to this wall, however, clearly butts up to and is later than the north face of the south wall of the bastion. That this wall is later than the bastion is also suggested by the projection of the east end of the bastion wall eastward of the wall line, showing as a fragment of mortared rubble visible in the garden at the rear. I BURROW FI 1976 <3>
Photographed in April/May 1977 by Ian Burrow. <4><5>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00127. |
| [01a] | SSA598 - Volume: Anon. 1937/ 1938. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. Transactions Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 49. p202. |
| [01] | SSA601 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO79SW7. |
| [02] | SSA599 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1974-Feb-01. 4th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 823-0. List volume. p79. |
| [03] | SSA605 - Site visit report: Burrow Ian. 1976. Visit Notes, 1976. |
| [04] | SSA602 - Photograph: Burrow Ian. 1976. The Half Moon Battery. Black and white. 35mm. |
| [05] | SSA603 - Photograph: Burrow Ian. 1977-Apr/May. Half Moon Battery, Bridgnorth. Black and white. 35mm. |
| [06] | SSA604 - Photograph: Anon. Slides. Colour. |
| [07] | SSA600 - Correspondence: English Heritage. 1989. Correspondence, 1989. |
| [08] | SSA595 - Correspondence: Department of the Environment (DoE) & Shropshire County Council. 1978/ 1979. Correspondence, 1978-1979. |
| [09] | SSA596 - Correspondence: Various. 1976/ 1977. Correspondence, 1976-1977. |
| [10] | SSA597 - Correspondence: Various. 1982. Correspondence, 1982. |
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 14 2023 3:55PM |
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