Record Details
| MonUID: | MST70 |
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| HER Number: | 00070 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saxon's Low / Hangman's Low, Tittensor Common |
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Summary
A large scheduled mound previously interpreted as either a barrow or a motte, but also suggested to be a natural feature.
Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST1909 - A site visit to Saxon's Low, Tittensor by Staffordshire County Council (1981).
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 1006103: Saxon's Lowe, Tittensor Common
Full description
Non Antiquity: Gigantic, irregular mound, natural at base. Apparently composed largely of loose sandstone rubble. The size and commanding position suggests a motte rather than a barrow. There is a suggestion of a small bailey to the south. Slight quarrying on the north edge. <1>
Listed as an irregular mound, probable barrow. <2>
This is a natural conical hill. <3>
This is almost certainly a natural feature. <4>
Natural sandstone knoll. <5>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3044 - Verbal communication: R.A. Meeson (Staffordshire County Council). 1980 - 2000. Comments on sites in Staffordshire by R.A. Meeson. (1981). |
| <2> | SST3636 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1908. (VCH volume 1) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume I. Pages 376-7. |
| <3> | SST2068 - Serial: University of Keele. 1965. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 5 (1965). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of Staffordshire: Part 2' by A.J.H. Gunstone p48 - Swynnerton No. 6. |
| <4> | SST3044 - Verbal communication: R.A. Meeson (Staffordshire County Council). 1980 - 2000. Comments on sites in Staffordshire by R.A. Meeson. 1986. |
| <5> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 83 NE - 3 (A. Clarke - Ordnance Survey Field Inspector - 04-May-1958). |
| <6> | SST3636 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1908. (VCH volume 1) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume I. Page 181. |
| <7> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 83 NE - 3 (MS 'History of Tittensor' by Deaville, late 19th century (unpaged)). |
| <8> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 83 NE - 3 (Graphic Material - Plan AO/55/138/2 (D.J. Chapman 12-Jan-1956)). |
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