HER Number (PRN): | 02982 |
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Name: | Site of Lower Wallop moated site |
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Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
- MOATED SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
Site of a medieval moated site.
Parish: | Westbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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Map Sheet: | SJ30NW |
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Grid Reference: | SJ 324 075 |
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Related records
03661 | Related to: Lower Wallop deserted settlement (Monument) |
03427 | Related to: Moat Bank, Wallop (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
In 1381 Wallop included a moated capital messuage with a dovecote; the castle ditch recorded in c 1350 probably refers to this <1>
Moat Field to the South-West of Lower wallop Farm may be the site of Wallop Castle, a `moated capital messuage with a dovecote' documented in 1381. A castle ditch is referred to in 1350. <2>
Sources
[00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 02982. |
[01] | SSA1126 - Volume: Gaydon A T (ed). 1968. Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 8. p303. |
Date Last Edited: | Nov 4 2021 11:50AM |
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