Record Details
| MonUID: | MST4571 |
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| HER Number: | 04990 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Settlement Earthworks, Tutbury |
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Summary
An area of earthworks including terraces, a hollow way and other linear features, which may be associated with the castle and priory or possibly to the focus of settlement prior to the 13th century.
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Full description
SETTLEMENT: AREA OF EARTHWORKS TO E OF CHURCH. INCLUDING 2 TERRACES, A HOLLOW-WAY & A CURVILINEAR FEATURE. NW FEATURES MAY RELATE TO CASTLE, OR EARLIER USE OF HILL. THOSE TO W MAY RELATE TO PRIORY (ALTHOUGH MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR THE MAJORITY OF PRIORY BUILDINGS IS TO S OF CHURCH), & THOSE DOWNSLOPE MAY RELATE TO SETTLEMENT PRIOR TO C13 BOROUGH. <1> <2>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3523 - Verbal communication: Chris Welch (Staffordshire County Council). 1990 Onwards. Observations on monuments within Staffordshire by the County Archaeologist. August 1995. |
| <2> | SST3521 - Verbal communication: Chris Wardle (Staffordshire County Council). up to 2004. Observations by a member of the Historic Environment Team, Staffordshire County Council. 21 Sept 1995. |
Related records
| 02356 | Parent of: Tutbury Borough (Place) |
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