| HER Number (PRN): | 01103 |
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| Name: | Fitz Motte |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
A once circular mound which was severely damaged in c1901 when burnt layers and fragments of burnt bones and charcoal were found. The maximum height is now about 3m.
| Parish: | Pimhill, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4482 1789 |
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Related records: None recorded
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1339 - 1962 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
[SJ 4487 1787] Tumulus, on the north side of Fitz churchyard, destroyed c1901 when burnt layers and fragments of burnt bones and charcoal were found. It had diameters of 100ft and 48ft at base and top respectively and was about 11ft high <1a>
The NE side has been almost completely destroyed, and it has been cut through from NE to SW, but it can still be recognised as having once been a single large circular mound. The maximum height is 3m. Location in manorial village close to stream strongly suggests motte rather than barrow. OS FI 1962 <1>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 43 Motte castles. <3>
Tumulus demolished to cover school playground (Norman Motte). Corr. 6" Shrewsbury Museum (Anon Undtd) <4>
At SJ 44821788 are the remains of a badly mutilated artificial mound, with the playground of a disused School adjacent on it south-west. There is little doubt that it is the 'demolished' tumulus or Motte. Its NE side has been almost completely destroyed, and it has been cut through from NE to SW, but it can still be recognised as having once been a single large circular mound. The maximum height is 3.0 m. The remains are too mutilated for any classificiation to be made from inspection, but the dimensions given by Phillips and the situation (in a manorial village and close to a river) strongly suggest that it was a Motte and not a barrow. There is no trace of a bailey. Surveyed at 1/2500. <4a>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01103. |
| [01a] | SSA4226 - Article in serial: Phillips W. 1901. The Fire at Shifnal and the Earl of Shrewsbury, Anno 1591. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 3, Vol I (=Vol 24). p286-287. |
| [01] | SSA4227 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1962. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ41NW3. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ41NW3. |
| [02] | SSA4228 - Photograph: Yardley E A. 1983. Motte. Colour. |
| [03] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [04a] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 JR 10-JAN-62. |
| [04] | SSA31555 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 2020 onwards. NRHE: National Record of the Historic Environment. HOB UID 67859. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 27 2021 11:28AM |
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