| HER Number (PRN): | 31913 |
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| Name: | Earthwork remains of field boundaries, E of Marton |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
The earthwork remains of field boundaries, noted on LiDAR imagery in 2013.These features may represent traces of a Medieval vill associated with the motte and bailey at Marton, known as The Mount (SJ 20 SE 3), which is located immediately to the east of the field boundaries
| Parish: | Chirbury with Brompton, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ20SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 29203 02704 |
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Related records
| 00109 | Part of: Site of the Mount motte and bailey, Marton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Slight earthwork remains of field boundaries of uncertain date visible on lidar images. The remains appear as three perpendicular banks enclosing a sub-rectangular area on the western edge of Marton Pool. ( SJ2902_DSM_1) <1>
SJ 2904 0273. Possibly Medieval field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. These features may represent traces of a Medieval vill associated with the motte and bailey at Marton, known as The Mount (SJ 20 SE 3), which is located immediately to the east of the field boundaries. <2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA28250 - Gazetteer: Historic England (Remote Sensing). 2015. Extract from HE NRHE for New uses for survey data project: trial of lidar for rapid monument recording (new sites). p.4. |
| [02] | SSA32811 - Vertical aerial photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1698 4171-2. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2023 2:45PM |
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