Monument Type(s):

• CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 43 AD)
• (Alternate Type) RINGWORK? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• POUND? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1901 AD?)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: An unusual embanked circular enclosure, which has been interpreted both as a prehistoric settlement and a post medieval animal pound, as well as a ringwork castle.

Related records: None recorded

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA1525 - 1981 field observation by Shropshire County Council

Description

A small circular work 130ft in diameter consisting of a single bank 1ft high from the interior and a ditch about 2ft deep. On the NW there is a scarp of 4ft, on the west 5ft. Entrance on SE <1a>
Possible ring motte <1b-c>
Head of valley with good views to the S, with higher ridge to the north. Bank and outer ditch measuring 50m overall externally and 25m internally. The turf covered bank has a maximum height of 1.4m above a shallow enclosing ditch and 0.7m above interior, the W half of which is raised slightly above the surrounding ground. There is an entrance on the S. OS FI 1973 <1>

…A small larch plantation was removed from the site in the late 1950s which explains the tree stumps which are rotting in situ on the banks. A Tyler FI 1981 <5>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1: High score as one of 30 Upland Enclosures; one of less than 10 Rounds <9>

Suggested that this may be an animal pound <10>

Record of management issues and reccommendation made in c.1996. <11>

Photographed during aerial survey in 2009. <12>

Suggested as a ringwork castle in a gazetteer from 1985. It is c.0.61m high above outside levels with base and summit diameters of c.36m and 31m respectively, and is surrounded by a ditch c.0.61m deep and 3m wide. A breastwork, c.0.31m high aobve the interior, and 1.52m high above the ditch, has an entrance gap in the SE quarter. <13>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 01154 (Card index). SSA20722.

<01a> Victoria County History, 1908, Victoria County History 1, p379-380 with plan (Volume). SSA178.

<01b> Chitty Lily F, 1957/ 1960, Article in the Transactions of the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, p54 (Article in serial). SSA293.

<01c> Hogg A H A & King D J C, 1970, Castles in Wales and the Marches: additions and corrections, p121 (Article in serial). SSA720.

<01> Ordnance Survey, 1973, Ordnance Survey Record Card SO27NE18 (Card index). SSA4574.

<02> Musson Chris R, 1987-Jan-03, CPAT 87/01/0026 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA17130.

<03> Anon, Oblique View (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA17131.

<04> Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC), 1986, Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 26376 (Field Monument Warden Report). SSA4577.

<05> Tyler Alan W, 1981-Jan, Site Visit Form, Jan 1981 (Field recording form). SSA4578.

<06> Watson Michael D, 1981, Rock Hill (Photograph). SSA4576.

<07> English Heritage, Map of Scheduled area (Scheduled Monument notification). SSA4575.

<08> Musson Chris R, 1987-Jan-03, CPAT 87/C/0011 to 0013 (3 photos) (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA17132.

<09> Horton Wendy B, 1990/ 1991, MPP Evaluation File (TEXT). SSA20084.

<10> Reid Malcolm L, 2003, Comments by MPP fieldworker, Comment made 19/05/03, over phone (VERBAL COMMUNICATION). SSA20954.

<11> Leigh Judith, 1996, The Clun environmentally sensitive area: management plans for Scheduled Ancient Monuments (Management report). SSA23415.

<12> Shropshire Council, 2009-Jan-6, SA0901_180 to SA0901_183 (4 photos) Flight: 09_SA_01 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA25872.

<13> Jackson M, 1985, A gazetteer of Medieval castles in England. Part 33- Shropshire, p.37 (Gazetteer). SSA29943.

Sources

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