Monument Type(s):

• BRIDGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

Surviving section of the Old Welsh Bridge on the Frankwell bank which in 1996 consisted of a single semi-circular arch turned in a wall of small Keele Beds ashlar, standing between 1 and 2 metres high.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA2012 - 1993 evaluation of proposed flood alleviation scheme at Frankwell and Greyfriars by Giffords

Description

Surviving section of the Old Welsh Bridge on the Frankwell bank (site visit, NJB, 1996). It consists of a single semi-circular arch turned in a wall of small Keele Beds ashlar, standing between 1 and 2 metres high. Above the arch is the ramped carriageway surface, terminating to the east at a mass of brickwork. To the west is a southward-projecting abutment, defined by a Keele Beds sandstone wall in bond with the arched section and buttressed at the south-east corner. Only the south face of this monument is visible, the north side being concealed by a higher ground level. ->

-> This is the dry arch reported by A W Ward in 1935, when it was accessed via the 'basement of the adjoining house in 'The Stew', now the Frankwell Antiques Centre [<1>] <2>

See also PRN 01471, particularly for discussions of excavations carried out in association with this surviving section 2005-2007. <3>

<01> Ward A W, 1935, Bridges of Shrewsbury (Monograph). SSA5617.

<02> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis, 22/01/1997 (SMR comment). SSA20432.

<03> Carey Giles, 2014 onwards, Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database, 18/03/2016 (SMR comment). SSA26784.

Sources

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