| HER Number (PRN): | 03660 |
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| Name: | Postulated deserted settlement at Hawcocks Mount |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
The ringwork of Hawcocks Mount (PRN 00250) formerly stood on the main road from Westbury to Montgomery and the ridge and furrow still visible in the field in which the ringwork stands can plausibly be associated with a deserted hamlet.
| Parish: | Westbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ30NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 3488 0771 |
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Related records
| 00250 | Related to: Hawcocks Mount ringwork castle 200m north east of Hawcocks Farm, Westbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
There is some evidence that Caus Castle superseded a nearby pre-conquest settlement, as well as an earlier ringwork, at Hawcocks Mount. (PRN 00250). The latter stands 3/4 mile E of Caus Castle, in a field known in 1361 as Aldescausefield (Old Caus Filed), subsequently corrupted to Hawcocks Field. Hawcocks Mount formerly stood on the main road from Westbury to Montgomery and the ridge and furrow still visible in the field in which the ringwork stands can plausibly be associated with a deserted hamlet <2>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 91 Irregular open Field Systems. <5>
Unit 1: A possible moat of Unknown Medieval date, seen as an earthwork, and mapped from good quality aerial photographs. The site appears as a complete, subcircular enclosure, 55m in diameter, defined by 1 ditch, and is located at SJ 3492 0779. EH Author: CAD Date: 02/08/93
-> Unit 2: A possible mound of Unknown Medieval date, seen as an earthwork, and mapped from good quality aerial photographs. EH Author: CAD Date: 02/08/93 <6>
Photographed during aerial photographic survey in 2008. <7>
During a field visit by Trysor in November 2017, no evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation was noted. The report concludes that aerial photographic and LiDAR evidence of cultivation ridges does not support the presence of medieval ridge and furrow here. LiDAR shows the cultivation ridges to be very narrow and more typical of later post-medieval or even modern ploughing that the broad ridges produced by medieval ploughing techniques. <8>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03660. |
| [01] | SSA1126 - Volume: Gaydon A T (ed). 1968. Victoria County History 8: Condover and Ford Hundreds. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 8. p303. |
| [02] | SSA8923 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1971. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO30NW4. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO30NW4. |
| [03] | SSA16360 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1986-Jan-03. CPAT 86/02/0006 to 0008 (3 photos). |
| [04] | SSA16362 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1986-Jan-03. CPAT 86/MB/0036 to 0037 (2 photos). Black and White. Medium. |
| [05] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [06] | SSA22521 - Database file: National Monuments Record (NMR). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP) MORPH records (2006 version). Marches Uplands Survey. 24/1/1; 24/1/2. |
| [07] | SSA25474 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Dec-3. SA0813_047 to SA0813_051 (5 photos) Flight: 08_SA-13. Colour. Digital. |
| [08] | SSA30019 - Deskbased survey report: Hall J and Sambrook P. 2018. Land to the west of Hawcocks Farm, Westbury, Shropshire: historic environment desk-based assessment. Trysor Rep. 2018/586. Site 4. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 29 2020 11:22AM |
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