| HER Number (PRN): | 62474 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Town Ditch (E of St Julian's Friars) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- DITCH (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
- TOWN DEFENCES (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a ditch of medieval date, a town defences of medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4956 1229 |
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Related records
| 62470 | Parent of: Gate to Franciscan Friary through Shrewsbury Town Wall (Monument) |
| 62396 | Parent of: Observed section of Shrewsbury town ditch (E of St Julian's Friars) (Monument) |
| 08552 | Parent of: Observed section of town ditch behind 48-49 Wyle Cop (Monument) |
| 08078 | Part of: Shrewsbury Town Ditches (13th Century) (Monument) |
| 60176 | Related to: Duplicate of Event SA2070 [Trench 8] (Monument) |
| 62645 | Related to: Medieval bridge(s) at English Bridge crossing, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 62395 | Related to: Observed Section of Shrewsbury Town Wall E of St Julian's Friars (Monument) |
| 62473 | Related to: Shrewsbury town ditch (W of St Julian's Friars) (Monument) |
| 62472 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Section: E of St Julian's Friars) (Monument) |
| 01523 | Related to: St Julian's Franciscan Friary (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FSA344 - VESSEL (16th century to Early 20th century (pre-war) - 1500 AD to 1913 AD)
Associated Events
- ESA2040 - 1993 WB on removal of petrol storage tanks at former Kennings Garage site, Wyle Cop by SCCAS
- ESA2070 - 1993 Evaluation of St Julian's Friars area by OxAU
Description
Extramural ditch east of St Julian's Friars. Excavated in association with the town wall [PRN 62395] as monument PRN 62396. Final silting in 18th century. The course of the town defences east of this site is in some doubt [see PRN 62472], though from the excavation of 18th-century material at a very low level in trench 8 of the 1993 evaluation [EVSA2070], the ditch appears to be present at that point. The 1993 OAU report on the St Julian's Friars evaluation suggested that the riverward end of the town ditch may have utilised a natural channel and been used as an anchorage for barges [<1>]. This may indeed have been the case, though the observations derived from a site near the Wyle Cop frontage [EVSA2040] are inconclusive and cannot certainly be interpreted as indicating the presence of a ditch or channel. The town ditch could conceivably have pre-dated the wall in this area by a few years: a Haughmond Cartulary document of c.1221 refers to a curtilage within the moat and another outside it, in the Sub Wila (Under the Wyle) area [<2>] <3>
It is possible that the river itself protected the town wall's northward return, and that there was no separate defensive ditch at this point <4>
<01> Durham B, 1993, St Julians Friars Shrewsbury - an Archaeological Evaluation, p6-7, p14-15 (Archaeological fieldwork report). SSA4153.
<02> Rees M U, 1985, The Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey, No 1086 (Monograph). SSA10575.
<03> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis, 07/04/1997 (SMR comment). SSA20432.
<04> Tavener Nick, 2004, Land formerly belonging to Vincent Greenhous, St Julian's Friars, Shrewsbury: assessment report on archaeological fieldwork with an updated project proposal (Excavation report). SSA22074.
Sources
| [01] | SSA4153 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Durham B. 1993. St Julians Friars Shrewsbury - an Archaeological Evaluation. Oxford Archaeol Unit Rep. p6-7, p14-15. |
| [02] | SSA10575 - Monograph: Rees M U. 1985. The Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey. No 1086. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 07/04/1997. |
| [04] | SSA22074 - Excavation report: Tavener Nick. 2004. Land formerly belonging to Vincent Greenhous, St Julian's Friars, Shrewsbury: assessment report on archaeological fieldwork with an updated project proposal. Marches Archaeology Series. 340. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 17 2002 5:13AM |
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