| HER Number (PRN): | 62542 |
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| Name: | Castle Gates |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- ROAD (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1901 AD?)
Summary
This site represents: a road of probable 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 4938 1283 |
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Related records
| 08046 | Parent of: Possible Road Surface Remains under Castle Gates (Monument) |
| 62499 | Part of: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey (Monument) |
| 60251 | Related to: The lowering of Castle Gates, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA3754 - 1896 observation of pavement surfaces in Castle Gates
Description
Street-space (morphological component). Castle Gates, aka between the Castle Gates, was crossed by the town and castle defences at the Upper and Lower Castle Gates (62520, 62521). The street represents the northernmost intramural section of the Pride Hill-Castle Street axial routeway and as such its origins are undateable. Whether or not its course was diverted as a consequence of building the castle in the 1060s is not known, though the route it follows is naturally adapted to the topography. Lily Chitty commented on the similarity of this approach to the town with that of the approach to a hillfort <1>
. The Burghley Map of c.1575 shows the street flanked by side walls running between the upper and lower gates, to form a barbican. No evidence for defensive flanking walls is known at present <?>
Sources
| [01] | SSA390 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1951/ 1953. Prehistoric and Other Early Finds in the Borough of Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 54. p105-144. p126. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 6 2021 5:46PM |
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