| HER Number (PRN): | 05145 |
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| Name: | Town defences, Bishops Castle |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Bishop's Castle |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
This site represents: a town defences of medieval date.
| Parish: | Bishop's Castle, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO38NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 3235 8881 |
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Related records: None recorded
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA4668 - 1987 excavation by Manchester University
Description
Town defences identified by D Hill, and excavated in two locations (SA5141 and SA5142) <1>
CMHTS Comment:- Defences were replaced by back lanes before post medieval period; identified course from OS map 1883 [<3>]. Fieldwork (1994) showed most obvious indications of defences at S end of defended area. The SE angle (in Station Street) is wall 1.0m high revetting raised ground to NW; similarly SW angle in Union Street is wall 2m high. Houses along NW to SE alignment of Union Street/Station Street are terraced into higher ground, with revetting walls up to 2.0m high. There is a low revetting wall in places along W side of Station Street, and a slightly raised area in the garden of Hill View in NW angle of defences. The west side of defences along Union Street is not clearly marked although there is a steep bank 2m high on west side of Union Street. The defences are not readily apparent as earthworks but seem to leave slight traces <2>
OS map 1883 <3>
CMHTS Report <4>
Sources
| [01] | SSA11458 - Article in serial: Halliwell P R. 1988. Field Meeting on Offas Dyke. Herefordshire Archaeol News. Vol 48. p16-18. |
| [02] | SSA19964 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Acton Burnell to Bishop's Castle. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 1. Bishops Castle 5145. |
| [03] | SSA12057 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884. OS County Series 42.04, 1884. OS County Series. 62.04. 1:2500. |
| [04] | SSA12065 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 299. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 2 2022 1:07PM |
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