| HER Number (PRN): | 02981 |
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| Name: | Possible moated site at The Firs, Lydbury North |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Lydbury North |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A possible moated site of medieval date.
| Parish: | Lydbury North, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO38NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 3515 8605 |
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Related records
| 13631 | Related to: The Firs, Lydbury North (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA2744 - 1980 field observation by Shropshire County Council
- ESA2745 - 1974 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
At the house called The Firs at Lydbury North (near church) there is a moat <1a>
The Firs (PRN 13631) is situated on a mound with depressions on the N and W side but these depressions could not be positively identified as the remains of a moat. OS FI 1974 <1><1b>
A C17 timber framed house (PRN 13631) sits on a rectangular raised mound c 2m above surrounding level. No trace of any moat ditch can be traced, except for a slight depression on the N side of the mound. This must remain a doubtful moated site. M Watson FI 1980 <2>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 133 Moated sites. Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 43 Motte castles. <3>
This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. Neither the mound nor any trace of the supposed moat were identified during that survey. <4><4a>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 02981. |
| [01a] | SSA10915 - Map annotation: Bird A J. 1966. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [01b] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 DJC 07-JAN-74. |
| [01] | SSA7899 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1974. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO38NE10 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SO38NE10 . |
| [02] | SSA7900 - Field recording form: Watson Michael D. 1980. Site Visit Form. SMR site visit form. |
| [03] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [04] | SSA22521 - Database file: National Monuments Record (NMR). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP) MORPH records (2006 version). Marches Uplands Survey. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2021 10:46AM |
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