| HER Number (PRN): | 60247 |
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| Name: | Saxon remains recorded during excavations at Rigg's Hall (PRN10134) 1978 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1246750: RIGGS HALL AND RIGGS HALL, TO REAR OF LIBRARY |
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Monument Type(s):
- PIT (Late Saxon to Post Medieval - 800 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
Pits of late Saxon to post medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 49348 12811 |
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Related records
| 62105 | Related to: 16th century part of Riggs Hall, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 62104 | Related to: Hall house, part of Riggs Hall, Castle Gates (Monument) |
| 62514 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Stretch from Castle Court parallel with School Gardens) (Monument) |
| 62500 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey rampart (west side) (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FSA501 - ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon to Early 20th century (pre-war) - 800 AD? to 1913 AD)
- FSA1793 - PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Late Saxon to Early 20th century (pre-war) - 800 AD? to 1913 AD)
Associated Events
- ESA3749 - 1978 excavation at Rigg's Hall, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury by BUFAU
Description
Small-scale excavations divided into a number of separate areas, two principal areas being within the standing medieval and post-medieval buildings (62104, 62105). Produced a sequence beginning with latrine- and quarry-pits containing only late Saxon type wares, followed by a dumped earth rampart (62501) interpreted as the 12th-century rampart of the castle inner bailey. This was cut by the footings of the 13th-century town wall (62515) and sealed by its clay backing/rampart. The site was occupied from c.1401 by a part stone part timber-framed hall house (62104); this was partly demolished in the 16th century and extended by a building of 1589 (62105) built for the new grammar school s headmaster. Smaller trenches outside the buildings produced evidence for terracing (area V, to the west) and for the pre-16th-century form of the frontage range on School Gardens.
The excavation was carried out in advance of restoration work by SCC Architects Department, and was accompanied by recording and analysis of the standing buildings by that department, and by A. Snell and Madge Moran <1><2><3><4>
Sources
| [01] | SSA4158 - Monograph: Carver Martin O H (ed). 1983. Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 61. |
| [02] | SSA10424 - Article in serial: Baker Nigel J. 1978. Excavations at Rigg's Hall, Shrewsbury. Shropshire News Sht. No 8. p2-3. |
| [03] | SSA10425 - Article in serial: Baker Nigel J. 1978. Rigg's Hall, Shrewsbury. W Midlands Archaeol News Sht. Vol 21. p84. |
| [04] | SSA10628 - Article in monograph: Baker Nigel J. 1983. Riggs Hall: the Pre-Building Phases. Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury (TSAS 61). Carver, M O H. p66-67. p66-67 (Baker, N J: "Rigg's Hall, the Pre-Building Phases"). |
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 13 2021 4:56PM |
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