| HER Number (PRN): | 60375 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Abbey, the Abbey Mill Site |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- MILL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a site of medieval to post medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 49765 12384 |
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Related records
| 62645 | Related to: Medieval bridge(s) at English Bridge crossing, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60371 | Related to: Section of wall, SW of Old Infirmary, Shrewsbury Abbey (Monument) |
| 60397 | Related to: Shrewsbury Abbey, Litherland 1993, trench H (Monument) |
| 60374 | Related to: Shrewsbury Abbey, Queen Anne House Site (AS85) (Monument) |
| 62642 | Related to: Shrewsbury Abbey, the Mill Stream south of the precinct (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA3878 - 1987 excavation by BUFAU
Description
Area excavation by H R Hannaford for BUFAU on the known site of the Abbey Mill (PRN 62641) in advance of road construction to the west of the standing 'Old Infirmary' building (PRN 62635) and the monastic precinct. Expectations of a sequence of mill structures going back to the pre-Conquest period were not fulfilled. The Abbey Mill of c.1800 was excavated and found to be superimposed over an earlier pair of watermill buildings of probable 17th-century date. These were found to have been built on reclaimed ground on top of riverine silts forming in a major channel of the River Severn, formerly flowing around the east side of Coleham Island and along the western boundary of the abbey precinct (62623). The excavation impinged on the precinct itself in a small area to the south of the 'Old Infirmary', at which point the 14th-century precinct wall (62637) was found abutting the standing 'Old Infirmary' structure. <1>
Late post-medieval finds were recovered in quantity but not analysed. <2>
<01> Baker Nigel J (ed), 2002, Shrewsbury Abbey: Studies in the Archaeology of an Urban Monastery, Section by H R Hannaford and discussion (Monograph). SSA10481.
<02> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis (SMR comment). SSA20432.
Sources
| [01] | SSA10481 - Monograph: Baker Nigel J (ed). 2002. Shrewsbury Abbey: Studies in the Archaeology of an Urban Monastery. Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc Mono. 2. Section by H R Hannaford and discussion. |
| [02] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 15 2017 4:00PM |
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