| HER Number (PRN): | 03609 |
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| Name: | Amaston |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
This site represents: a deserted settlement of medieval date.
| Parish: | Alberbury with Cardeston, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ31SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 379 113 |
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Related records
| 01084 | Related to: Ringwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Heath Farm is on the site of the former hamlet of Amaston. 7 tenants were recorded at Amaston in 1086. This had shrunk to only 4 by 1379, but a recognisable hamlet may have survived until the 1690s as there were several small freeholds there in the C16 and C17. Heath farm dates from c 1800. Ridge and furrow lies to the S of Heath Farm and a well preserved ringwork and bailey (SA 1084) in the field immediately adjacent to the NE <1>
<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 03609 (Card index). SSA20722.
<01> Gaydon A T (ed), 1968, Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds, p192 (Volume). SSA1126.
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03609. |
| [01] | SSA1126 - Volume: Gaydon A T (ed). 1968. Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 8. p192. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 24 1983 12:00AM |
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