| HER Number (PRN): | 01081 |
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| Name: | Motte castle 200m south west of Bretchel (Bretchel Mound) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1013487: Motte castle |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
Scheduled Monument: A good example of a small Norman motte (or motte and bailey) castle which overlooks the main routeway between Shrewsbury and Welshpool.
| Parish: | Alberbury with Cardeston, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ31SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 3363 1181 |
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Related records: None recorded
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1268 - 1953 field observation by English Heritage
- ESA1269 - 1971 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
- ESA1270 - 1983 field observation by English Heritage
Description
The Beacon at Bretchel is a very small motte with traces of a ditch, but none of a bailey. It is about 25ft across its damaged top by 8-10ft high <1a>
As described by [<1a>], although all traces of a ditch have now gone. OS FI 1971 <1><1b>
Small rectangular bailey visible as cropmark attached to SE side of motte. Possible entrance on its E side. The motte ditch also shows as a cropmark <4>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 46 Motte and Bailey castles <7>
Scheduling affirmed in 1995. Interpreted as a motte rather than a motte and bailey by English Heritage. Scheduling dsecription: ->
-> The monument includes the remains of a small motte castle situated on the summit of a small hill overlooking, to the south, the main east to west valley routeway between Shrewsbury and Welshpool. It includes a small, steep sided castle mound, or motte, of earth and rubble construction, roughly circular in plan with a base diameter of 15m. The motte summit stands 3m above the surrounding natural land surface and has a diameter of approximately 8m. A ditch, from which material for the construction of the mound was quarried, remains visible as a slight surface depression 3m wide and 0.lm deep surrounding the motte. <8>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2008. <9>
The earthwork remains of a small motte described by the previous authorities which was seen centred at SJ 3363 1182 and mapped from aerial photographs. NMR SJ 3311/1-2 03-JAN-1986. <10>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01081. |
| [01b] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 MHB 03-AUG-71. |
| [01] | SSA4070 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ31SW4. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ31SW4. |
| [01a] | SSA4084 - Article in serial: Spurgeon C J & King D J C. 1965. The Mottes in the Vale of Montgomery. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol 114. p81-82. |
| [02] | SSA17045 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1986-Jan-03. CPAT 86/02/0003 to 0004 (2 photos). |
| [03] | SSA17046 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1985-Jul-30. CPAT 85/20/0031. |
| [04] | SSA4073 - Field Monument Warden Report: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC). 1986. Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 21042. |
| [05] | SSA22421 - Vertical aerial photograph: Cartographical Services Ltd. 1983. Set of vertical aerial photographs, 1983 (Carto Services). Black and white. 1:10000. |
| [06] | SSA4071 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. Map of Scheduled area. |
| [07] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [08] | SSA4072 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1995. Scheduling Papers (Affirmation, 15/11/1995). 19230. |
| [09] | SSA25233 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Dec-3. SA0813_088 to SA0813_090 (3 photos) Flight: 08_SA-13. Colour. Digital. |
| [10] | SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.424.6. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2021 4:08PM |
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