Monument Type(s):

• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• MOATED SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

Badly disturbed oval mound into which the hall was built forming a possible motte or moated site of medieval date.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA2161 - 1971 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
• ESA2162 - 1978 field observation by Shropshire County Council
• ESA7048 - 2012 DBA and building recording at Binweston Hall, Binweston, Worthen by Richard K Morriss & Associates
• ESA8056 - 2014/2016 WB on extension to Binweston Hall, Binweston by Castlering Archaeology

Description

An earthwork completely obscured by a large black and white house, which can be seen to stand on some kind of artificial terrace about 8' high on the downhill (SE) side. "There was formerly a wet moat from the adjoining brook. The original earthwork would seem to have been relatively large as the house is 100ft. long and there is a fragment of bank behind the farm-buildings at its rear, perhaps 200ft. away; but these indications are distinctly uncertain, and we can only say that there are very definite indications of some kind of castle mound". <1a>

"Mount and Fosse" at Binweston. The former is 15ft. high and the latter 2 to 3 ft. deep. The summit is occupied by an old farmhouse. (4)
"At Binweston is a triangular moat formed against a bend in a stream". <1b>

Only fragmentary portions of the moat remain and there is little evidence to suggest that a castle mound ever stood here. The farmhouse within the remains of the wood appears to be of 16th. C. origin but has many alterations and additions. Published survey (25") revised. <1c>

The site is in poor condition, possibly an oval mound (motte?) into which the hall (PRN 13720) has been built. The remainder of the site has also been badly disturbed by trackways etc. CR FI 1978 <2>

A general photograph of the site was taken during aerial photographic survey in 2012, showing the level of disturbance to the mound. <3>

Moated site marked on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping. <4>

On the 1842 map the house is shown to have what seem to be formal grounds on the south side and is more or less the same shape and size as it is now – with the exception of a wing projecting southwards from its eastern end. There seems to be the remains of a still watered arm of the moat island on the south side of the house, crossed by a bridge, with the stream running past its western side. <5>

A watching brief was undertaken on an extension to the south of Binweston Hall, Binweston in two phases, in May 2014 and November 2016. There was no evidence to suggest that this had been redeposited to create a building platform. <6>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 01621 (Card index). SSA20722.

<01b> Victoria County History, 1908, Victoria County History 1, p389, p405 (Volume). SSA178.

<01a> Spurgeon C J & King D J C, 1965, The Mottes in the Vale of Montgomery, p.70 (Article in serial). SSA4084.

<01> Ordnance Survey, 1971, Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ30SW1 (Card index). SSA5922.

<02> Ryan Carole, 1978-Feb-20, Site Visit Form, 20/02/1978 (Field recording form). SSA5923.

<03> Shropshire Council, 2012-May-23, SA1201_047 to SA1201_055 (9 photos) Flight: 12_SA_01 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA26595.

<04> Ordnance Survey, c1899-1903, OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset (Map). SSA20952.

<05> Morriss Richard K, 2012, Binweston Hall, Binweston, Worthen, Shropshire, NGR: SJ 3012 0410: heritage statement (Field survey report). SSA24661.

<06> Frost Pat, 2016, Extension to Binweston Hall, Binweston, Shropshire: archaeological watching brief (Watching brief report). SSA29177.

Sources

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