| HER Number (PRN): | 62513 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Section: Castle Gates) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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| Listed Building (I) 1246877: SHREWSBURY CASTLE |
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| Scheduled Monument 1003706: Title not entered |
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Monument Type(s):
- BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
- TOWN WALL (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
Scheduled Monument and Grade I Listed Building: The remains of the north west outer bailey wall of Shrewsbury Castle which linked the inner curtain walls to the Upper Castle Gate.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4941 1282 |
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Related records
| 62499 | Part of: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey (Monument) |
| 01095 | Part of: Shrewsbury town walls (13th century) (Monument) |
| 62523 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Surviving stretch in Meadow Place) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Sandstone wall running south-west from the south side of inner bailey curtain wall (62508) close to the latter's south-west corner. This wall is most likely to represent the link from the inner bailey curtain wall to the upper town gate (01442), its course cut by the construction of the Dana, c.1790 [<1>], and therefore part of the north-west perimeter of the outer bailey. Fabric of predominantly Keele Beds sandstone, varying from brown to grey/purple, with some lighter softer stone interspersed. Very regular coursing, parallel with the assumed natural slope down to the south-west, and about thirty degrees off the horizontal. This, and the squarish proportions of most of the masonry suggest that this wall was part of, or built contemporaneously with, the 13th-century town walls. The sloping coursing closely resembles what is probably the primary town wall fabric on Meadow Place (mon.62523) <2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA365 - Monograph: Hobbs J L. 1954. Street Names of Shrewsbury. p41-42. |
| [02] | SSA20432 - HER comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 16/06/1997. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 6 2021 5:44PM |
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