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Record Details

HER Number:00070
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saxon's Low / Hangman's Low, Tittensor Common

Summary

A large scheduled mound previously interpeted as either a barrow or a motte, but now considered to be a natural feature.

Grid Reference:SJ 8749 3667
Map Sheet:SJ83NE
Parish:Stone Rural, Stafford Borough
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Monument Type(s):

Associated Events:

  • EST1909 - A site visit to Saxon's Low, Tittensor by Staffordshire County Council (1981).

Protected Status:

  • Scheduled Monument ST056: Saxon's Lowe, Tittensor Common

Full description

To find out more about this record please contact the SHER

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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