| HER Number (PRN): | 62531 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Section: S of Council Ho) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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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
This site represents: a bailey of medieval date, a town wall of medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4941 1269 |
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Related records
| 01445 | Parent of: The site of St Marys Gate, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 62499 | Part of: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey (Monument) |
| 01095 | Part of: Shrewsbury town walls (13th century) (Monument) |
| 62540 | Related to: Castle Street south tenements (Monument) |
| 60244 | Related to: Fragment of Town Wall, Traitor's Gate Restaurant, St Mary's Water Lane, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 10227 | Related to: Nos 1 and 2, Council House Courtyard, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 60245 | Related to: Possible fragment of Town Wall, 31a Castle Street, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 62530 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Section: N of Council Ho) (Monument) |
| 62502 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey defences, (east side) (Monument) |
| 62552 | Related to: St Marys Water Lane (Monument) |
| 10226 | Related to: The Old Council House and Council House Cottage, Shrewsbury (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
The line of the medieval town wall, from the upper Water Lane gate (62551) north, east, and north around the Council House site. The wall is clearly depicted on the Burghley Map of c.1575, the Council House south and (late medieval) east ranges being founded upon it, with windows, a doorway, and a chimneystack shown inserted through it. These surviving elevations have not been inspected. No visible remains are known to exist west of the Council House except for sandstone masonry in the east end walls of the basement-level Traitor 's Gate Restaurant, Water Lane (site 60244) and the adjoining premises 31A Castle Street (site 60245). The reference by Ralegh Radford (1961) to 'a substantial stretch of ashlar with a chamfered plinth on the north side of Water Lane' marking 'the south side of the outer bailey' is bewildering <1>
Sources
| [01] | SSA4159 - Article in serial: Radford C A R. 1957/ 1960. The Medieval Defences of Shrewsbury'. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 56. p19. |
| [02] | SSA19963 - VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Moran Madge. Comment. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 6 2021 5:44PM |
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