This site represents: a mound of post medieval date, a fieldwork of post medieval date.
About 200 yds to the south (of Pan Pudding Hill) is a flat topped artificial eminence, which is more or less surrounded by the remains of a low earthen rampart enclosing an area larger than the top of the motte <1a>
The tree covered hillock 120m to the south (of Pan Pudding Hill) appears to be merely a landscape feature. <1>
Excavation took place in advance of the construction of the Bridgnorth By Pass. It demonstrated a man-made rampart of gravel and packed stone proving the N and E sides to have been defended or consolidated. Documentary evidence suggests that the adjacent Pan Pudding Hill (PRN 00369) was used as a C17 battery in the siege of Bridgnorth. The excavated pottery equates with the Civil War period, although no evidence for the function of the mound was forthcoming. No sign of medieval occupation or activity. <2>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, as one of less than 10 Fieldworks. <7>
[The results of the 1982 excavations] may relate to the 1646 Parliamentary battery stationed on Pan Pudding Hill to bombard the Castle for 26 days. <8><8a>
CMHTS Record Sheet. <9>
CMHTS Report. <10>
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 02974. |
| [01a] | SSA1693 - Article in serial: Watkins-Pitchford D W. 1947/ 1948. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 52. p167. |
| [01] | SSA1695 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1978. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW4. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO79SW4. |
| [02] | SSA7889 - Article in serial: Roe Annette. 1983. Bridgnorth (Panpudding Hill). W Midlands Archaeol. Vol 26. p86-87. |
| [03] | SSA1696 - Photograph: Watson Michael D. 1983-May/Sep. Panpudding Hill, Bridgnorth. Black and white. 35mm. |
| [04] | SSA16445 - Oblique aerial photograph: Barret Gill. 1990. Barret Gill, Oblique View, 1990: 90/01/A/13 (Colour slide). Colour. |
| [05] | SSA7890 - Photograph: Watson Michael D. 1983. Excavations at Pan Pudding Hill. Colour. |
| [06] | SSA7888 - Correspondence: Various. 1982/ 1984. Correspondence, 1982-1984. |
| [07] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. Fieldworks. |
| [08] | SSA1706 - Article in serial: Watkins-Pitchford D W. 1931/ 1932. Bridgnorth Castle and Ethelfleda's tower. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 46. p3-12. |
| [08a] | SSA20176 - HER comment: Anon. Unattributed SMR Comments in SMR database. |
| [09] | SSA19965 - Record form: Buteux Victoria. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Bridgnorth. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 2. Bridgnorth 2974. |
| [10] | SSA12066 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Bridgnorth, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 301. |