| HER Number (PRN): | 62545 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Town Wall (Probable Section: Windsor Place) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- TOWN WALL? (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a possible 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 4937 1266 |
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Related records
| 62546 | Parent of: Possible Standing Section of Shrewsbury Town Wall (Windsor Place) (Monument) |
| 01445 | Parent of: The site of St Marys Gate, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60273 | Related to: A possible section of town wall, rear of Royal Shropshire Infirmary, Dogpole, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60274 | Related to: A possible sighting of the town wall, rear of the former Pathology Lab, Royal Shropshire Infirmary, off St Mary's Place, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 01463 | Related to: Dominican Friary and cemetery (Monument) |
| 62547 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Section: St Mary's Place) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1310 - 1989 Evaluation of the Nurses Home site,Shrewsbury by BUFAU
Description
A short stretch of sandstone wall, revealed in the 1989 excavations by BUFAU on the car-park site on the east side of Windsor Place (1989 Blackfriars and Nurses Home area A). The wall was faced on its east (down-slope) side with blocks of red sandstone (approx. 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.3m) with a mortar-bonded rubble core. The top and a small area of the east face were revealed, the west face remained unexposed. Was uncovered 2.7m below the 1989 surface; its top had been robbed. It had obviously served as a terrace wall, the deposits differing radically east and west of it. About 3m east of the wall the top of another sandstone wall was found, also faced on the east side [<1>]. The wall was interpreted by the excavators as part of the medieval town wall. This identification is possible but not completely certain: it is barely on an approximate line with the rear elevation of the former Stone House [PRN 01493] said in 1909 to be founded upon the town wall, and there are two other candidates for part of the town wall - the wall seen in excavation 3m to the east, and the standing terrace wall [PRN 62546]. The status of the remains said to be of the Upper Water Lane Gate (PRN 01445) is uncertain, as is the relationship of all these sandstone walls to it. In summary, the course of the town wall in this area cannot yet be established with any degree of certainty <3>
Not mapped <4>
<01> Buteux Simon, 1989, Shrewsbury Blackfriars and nurses' home: archaeological evaluation, p6-8 (Excavation report). SSA4150.
<02> Buteux Simon, 1989, Shrewsbury Blackfriars and Town Wall (Article in serial). SSA10650.
<03> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis (SMR comment). SSA20432.
<04> Gathercole E Clare, 1999/ 2002, Comments by SMR compiler in SMR database (SMR comment). SSA20725.
Sources
| [01] | SSA4150 - Excavation report: Buteux Simon. 1989. Shrewsbury Blackfriars and nurses' home: archaeological evaluation. BUFAU Rep. 86. p6-8. |
| [02] | SSA10650 - Article in serial: Buteux Simon. 1989. Shrewsbury Blackfriars and Town Wall. W Midlands Archaeol. Vol 32. p72. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. |
| [04] | SSA20725 - SMR comment: Gathercole E Clare. 1999/ 2002. Comments by SMR compiler in SMR database. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 17 2002 3:39AM |
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