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Monument Number 109066
Hob Uid: 109066
Location : Shropshire Wistanstow
Grid Ref : SO4186084940
Summary : Medieval ringwork surviving as an earthwork. The ringwork is 47 metres in diameter, comprising an earthen bank 9 to 10 metres in width, and averaging 2 metres in height externally. There is no trace of a ditch. The bank rises above the interior, 1.3 metres on the south side to 2 metres on the north side, due to silting up on the lower southern side. The original entrance is on the north side. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 41868494) Motte & Bailey (NR). (1) Motte and bailey; predecessor of Cheney Longville castle. (2) Ring-work castle (3), traditionally a Civil War earthwork raised against Cheney Longville castle (4). It consists of a small circular area enclosed by a bank which rises 6 ft above the interior and drops 8 ft to outside ground level. There are two opposite openings on the north and south (5). (3-5) A mediaeval ringwork 47.0m in diameter overall, comprising an earthen bank 9.0 to 10.0m in width, and averaging 2.0m in height externally. There is no trace of a ditch. The bank rises above the interior, 1.3m on the S side to 2.0m on the N side, due to silting up on the lower southern side. The original entrance is in the N side and there is a modern break opposite, in the S side. No bailey can now be recognised. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (6) SO 4185 8494. Cheney Longville ringwork. Scheduled (RSM). (7) Listed by Cathcart King. (8) The ringwork is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHMEs Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (9-10)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Ringwork
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : Salop 172
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13678
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Shropshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 14818
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.417.17
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 48 SW 15
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-01-08
End Date : 1973-01-08

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 109066