| HER Number (PRN): | 20394 |
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| Name: | Ice house SW of Apley Home Farm |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- ICEHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
On the hill behind Apley Home Farm there has been discovered the brick paved remains of what seems to have been an early C17 icehouse.
| Parish: | Hadley & Leegomery, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ61SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6518 1322 |
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Related records
| 03835 | Part of: Supposed site of first medieval Apley Castle, near Apley Home Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA3228 - 1980 assessment of Apley Castle estate, including contour survey by BUFAU
- ESA7744 - 2015 DBA of land at Apley Home Farm, Telford by Ironbridge Archaeology
Description
When Apley Castle was built is unknown. The spot on which it stood appears to be what is now known as Home Farm. On the hill behind there, there has been discovered the brick paved remains of what seems to have been an early C17 icehouse. It was probably where the original house was erected <1>
Possibly contemporary with the construction of the second castle building <2>
The ice house is completely enclosed in a mound and is of brick blocking. Access is no longer possible as the entrance has been filled. The ice house has been used as a rubbish dump. <3>
Unfortunately, neither the Tithe Map nor the First Edition OS map show the 17th century ice house which had been dug into the mound to the southwest of Home Farm which was apparently only recently re-discovered in the 1980s. The brick remains were not observed during a site visit. <4>
<01> Peel A M, 1949/ 1950, Charltons of Apley Castle, Shropshire, p259 (Article in serial). SSA2720.
<02> Turner V E, 1980, Archaeological Survey of Apley Castle (Field survey report). SSA2729.
<03> Jarrett B, 2009, Shropshire Ice Houses Gazetteer, p.47 (Article in serial). SSA24009.
<04> Kelleher S, 2015, Archaeological desk-based assessment of land at Apley Home Farm, Telford, Shropshire (Deskbased survey report). SSA28496.
Sources
| [01] | SSA2720 - Article in serial: Peel A M. 1949/ 1950. Charltons of Apley Castle, Shropshire. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 53. p258-289. p259. |
| [02] | SSA2729 - Field survey report: Turner V E. 1980. Archaeological Survey of Apley Castle. |
| [03] | SSA24009 - Article in serial: Jarrett B. 2009. Shropshire Ice Houses Gazetteer. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 84. 34-50. p.47. |
| [04] | SSA28496 - Deskbased survey report: Kelleher S. 2015. Archaeological desk-based assessment of land at Apley Home Farm, Telford, Shropshire. Ironbridge Archaeology Series. 337. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2018 10:55AM |
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