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Monument Number 879133

Hob Uid: 879133
Location :
Wiltshire
Bishopstrow
Grid Ref : ST9010044100
Summary : Earthworks of a double ringwork and central motte identifed from aerial photographs.
More information : ST 901441. Double ringwork and central motte seen on aerial photographs (1). Spur holloway (part of ST 94 SW 18?) marks entrance to north. Possible temporary anarchy-period castle. Trial trenched by R.W Smith, 1981. (2)

The small scale excavation in 1981 in the NW corner of the motte ditch produced 12th century pottery. However, the large amount of residual IA pottery suggests that the motte may be a short-term fortification sited within the extant earthworks of an IA domestic complex. (3)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : AER 63-65, 307, 308. E/RC8 BM125, 127; BHU 94 ARE 1119; AER/C/113
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Source details : Wiltshire County Council Sites and Monuments Record: ST94SW464
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Page(s) : 112
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Vol(s) : 93, 2000
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Ringwork, Motte, Adulterine Castle
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : ST94SW464
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10211
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 94 SW 93
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1981-01-01
End Date : 1981-12-31