| HER Number (PRN): | 60205 |
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| Name: | Latrine pit, Della Porta site , 1927 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- LATRINE PIT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
- WELL? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a pit of medieval date, a possible well of medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 49186 12455 |
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Related records
| 62610 | Related to: Gumbestolesmore, Gombestalmere, The Shirehall Bog (Monument) |
| 62431 | Related to: Phillipss Passage, Duns Shut etc (Monument) |
| 60206 | Related to: Pit found at Della Porta site, 1926-27 (Monument) |
| 60123 | Related to: Really an event (not sorted yet) The Della Porta 1927 site (Monument) |
| 62425 | Related to: Walls of a medieval building between High St and Princess St, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FSA493 - PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Undated)
Associated Events
- ESA3708 - 1926-27 observations (Della Porta's)
- ESA3709 - 1947 observation
Description
Della Porta site 1926-27. Excavations prior to redevelopment in 1926-7 found what at first sight appeared to be an old boat. It was basin-shaped and measured about 14ft long by 12ft wide (c.4.27m x 3.66m) and about 5 or 6 ft deep. It was sunk into the waterlogged hollow at the lowest point excavated. On closer examination it appeared that it was only made of oak boards 1 inch thick, laid edge to edge (not overlapping) and nailed on to scantling about 4 inches (10cm) square. I think there can be no doubt that it was originally a platform covering a water-hole or well. This had collapsed, and fallen into the water-hole, which had subsequently been filled up with earth to form the cellar floor above it . This find was made on the site of 37 High Street: On the side next to the Shire Hall and furthest away from the High Street in an area of wet and boggy ground <1>
A later account by A W Ward confirms the essential points, locating this site north of the sandstone building (mon 62425) found during the redevelopment, adding that the surface of the manure pit (the water-hole of the earlier account) was 8 feet (2.44m) below the level of the High Street (therefore at c.60.40m AOD) and adding that the wooden structure collapsed when handled <2>
These sightings seem to be consistent with a wooden structure collapsed into a pit (possibly a latrine-pit and crapping platform) located at the rear of the High Street property, in an area that formed part of the Shirehall peat deposit, or suspected kettle-hole, evident nearby from sites 60121 and 60200 <3>
<01> Anon, 1928-May-04, Another Puzzling Find: Oaken Blocks (Article in serial). SSA10348.
<02> Ward A W, 1947, The Shrewsbury of 1772, p12 (Monograph). SSA10351.
<03> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis (SMR comment). SSA20432.
Sources
| [01] | SSA10348 - Article in serial: Anon. 1928-May-04. Another Puzzling Find: Oaken Blocks. Shropshire Notes Queries. Ser 3, Vol 16. p246. |
| [02] | SSA10351 - Monograph: Ward A W. 1947. The Shrewsbury of 1772. p12. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 9 2019 3:15PM |
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