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Shropshire HER
HER Number (PRN):01125
Name:Motte castle at Hisland
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1013497: Motte castle at Hisland

Monument Type(s):

  • MOTTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: A good example of a Norman motte (earthwork) castle.

Parish:Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ32NW
Grid Reference:SJ 3172 2747

Related records

02507Related to: Earthworks at Hisland (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA1425 - 1971 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
  • ESA1426 - 1978 field observation by Shropshire County Council
  • ESA1427 - 1980 field observation by English Heritage
  • ESA1428 - 1983 field observation by English Heritage

Description

Ditch no longer visible. OS FI 1971 <1>

Small motte 18ft high, summit area 35 by 39ft. Ditch 1ft deep visible on N and W <3a>

Site overgrown, with nettles mainly, few trees on summit. Otherwise as above. A Tyler FI 1978 <4>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 43 Motte castles <10>

Scheduling affirmed in 1995. Scheduling descriptions: ->

-> The monument includes the remains of a small motte castle situated on the eastern tip of a low spur of high ground. The motte is of earth and rubble construction, is roughly oval in plan with dimensions of 28m north to south by 24m transversely and stands to a height of 4m. The motte summit is flat and also oval in plan, measuring 18m north to south by 11m east to west. A roughly rectangular depression 4m by 4.5m and 0.3m deep is cut into the eastern quarter of the summit representing surface disturbance in the recent past. A ditch, from which material for the construction of the motte would have been quarried, surrounds the motte. It remains visible around the west and north west sides of the motte as a shallow depression 4m wide and 0.2m deep. It will survive as a buried feature around the remaining sides of the motte. No bailey associated with the motte has yet been traced. A portion of a barn to the immediate south of the motte and a length of metalled road to the east, which are within the area of the scheduling, are excluded from the scheduling although the ground beneath each is included. <11>

Photographed during aerial survey in 2010. <12>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01125.
[01]SSA4403 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1971. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ32NW1. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ32NW1.
[02]SSA17096 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1986-Jan-03. CPAT 86/01/0019 to 0021 (3 photos).
[03a]SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p387.
[03]SSA4406 - Field Monument Warden Report: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC). 1983. Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 14320.
[04]SSA4407 - Field recording form: Tyler Alan W. 1978-Aug-24. Site Visit Form, 24/08/1978. SMR site visit form.
[05]SSA17097 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1985-May-07. CPAT 85/MB/0042 to 0045 (4 photos). Black and White. Medium.
[06]SSA4404 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. Map of Scheduled area.
[07]SSA4402 - Correspondence: Shropshire County Council. 1986. Correspondence, 1986.
[08]SSA4401 - Correspondence: Shropshire County Council. 1979. Correspondence, 1979. Department of the Environment.
[09]SSA19953 - Correspondence: Streeten A. 1993. Correspondence, 19/07/1993. Owner.
[10]SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File.
[11]SSA4405 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1995. Scheduling Papers (Affirmation, 15/11/1995). 19216.
[12]SSA26078 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2010-Jan-7. SA1001_043 to SA1001_045 (3 photos) Flight: 10_SA_01. Colour. Digital.
Date Last Edited:Jul 10 2023 9:57AM

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