Record Details
| MonUID: | MST6430 |
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| HER Number: | 40326 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Badger Slade Earthwork, Teddesley Hay |
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Summary
A possible ring ditch of unknown date, investigation could not find any internal features suggesting different use.
Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST831 - An archaeological evaluation of an earthwork at Badger Slade, Cannock Chase, March 1997. (NRHE Name - Badger Slade, Cannock Chase)
- EST1223 - An archaeological field survey of Cannock Chase by Adrian Scruby on behalf of Forest Enterprise.
Full description
RINGWORK: BOAT SHAPED EARTHWORK ON TOP OF HILL BY BADGER SLADE. EXTERNAL DITCH, INTERNAL BANK MORE OBVIOUS AT WEST END. GIVEN AS 'OLD ENCAMPMENT' ON PLAN OF 1754. <1>
EVALUATION OF 1997 FAILED TO FIND INTERNAL FEATURES. SO POSSIBLY IT WAS SOME KIND OF LIVESTOCK (DEER?) CORAL. <1>
Sources and further reading
| --- | SST1590 - Survey Archive: Christopher Welch (Staffordshire County Council). 1997. Badger Slade, Teddesley hay - Survey Data and Plots. |
| --- | SST3405 - Desk Based Assessment Report: Carol Newman and Chris Wild / Edited by Jamie Quartermaine (Lancaster University Archaeological Unit). 1997. Pottal Pool Sand and Gravel Quarry Extension, Staffordshire: Archaeological Assessment Report. |
| --- | SST4030 - Survey Archive: Adrian Scruby (Forest Enterprise). 2000. Adrian Scruby Survey of Cannock Chase: Site note books and field drawings. |
| --- | SST4031 - Drawn: Adrian Scruby (Forest Enterprise). 2000. Adrian Scruby Survey of Cannock Chase: Site inventory and Location Maps. Paper/Permatrace. 1:10 000. |
| --- | SST4176 - Desk Based Assessment Report: Caron Newman and Chris Wild (Lancaster University Archaeological Unit). 2000. Pottal Pool Sand and Gravel Quarry Extension: Archaeological Assessment Report. 01. |
| <1> | SST547 - Map: 1754. D260/M/E/353A. |
| <2> | SST3352 - Drawn: Andrew Kirkham & Chris Welch (Staffordshire County Council). 1996. Survey of Badger Slade Enclosure. Paper. 1:2500. |
| <3> | SST3394 - Evaluation Report: Laurence Jones and R Tabor (Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit). 1997. An Archaeological Evaluation at Badger Slade, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. |
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