HER Number (PRN): | 00940 |
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Name: | Woodhouse deserted medieval settlement |
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Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Possible deserted settlement of medieval date at Woodhouse comprising a holloway, ridge and furrow, and a fishpond and dam.
Parish: | Hopton Wafers, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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Map Sheet: | SO67NW |
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Grid Reference: | SO 647 772 |
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Related records
01184 | Related to: Woodhouse moated friary of Hopton Wafers (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA902 - 1979 survey by the Ordnance Survey
- ESA9347 - 2020 heritage assessment, land at The Woodhouse, Hopton Wafers by Castlering Archaeology (Ref: 20/03453/FUL)
Description
Possible deserted village <1>
Earthworks lie in the field to the NE of the present house. A holloway runs N/S across the field to the spinney and re-emerges in the field to the S, where ridge and furrow runs off to the W. A dam, now breached, lies across the stream which runs E/W across the site. In the SW corner of the field several platforms visible <2>
Possible fishponds at SO64837728 and SO64887728. OS FI 1968 <3>
Two curving linear earthworks (the fishpond dams?) surveyed at 1:2500 by OS Arch Division in 1979. <4>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 91 Irregular Open Field Systems.<6>
Sources
[00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00940. |
[01] | SSA3379 - Gazetteer: Barker Philip A et al. List of Shropshire DMVs. Site list. |
[02] | SSA264 - Gazetteer: Page P S. 1977. Deserted Villages in Shropshire. Site list. p32. |
[03] | SSA3381 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1968. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO67NW16. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO67NW16. SO67NW16. |
[04] | SSA3380 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS Antiquity Model. OS Antiquity Models. SO67NW16. |
[05] | SSA4768 - Field recording form: Hewitt P B. 1978-Sep-16. Site Visit Form, 16/09/1978. SMR site visit form. |
[06] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
Date Last Edited: | Nov 11 2020 9:42AM |
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