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HER Number (PRN):21424
Name:Earthwork remains of hollow way at Holdgate
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1012859: Holdgate Castle motte and bailey castle and garden remains at Hall Farm

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Earthwork remains of a hollow way of probable medieval date. Earthworks lies partially within the complex of earthworks scheduled as Holdgate Castle and associated garden remains.

Parish:Abdon, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO58NE
Grid Reference:SO 5617 8958

Related records

02588Part of: Holdgate Deserted Medieval Village (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA2613 - 1981 survey
  • ESA2614 - 1986 survey of Holdgate DMV by the NMR
  • ESA2615 - 1979 field observation by the Ordnance Survey

Description

In two large pasture fields S and SE of the church (SA 11390) at Holdgate are earthworks representing probably Medieval desertion. They comprise seven possible building platforms, together with holloways and fields, covering approximately 8 hect. The slopes are generally 0.8m in height. OS FI 1979 <1>

The earthworks at Holdgate were surveyed during a one week field archaeology course …directed by Trevor Rowley and James Bond. The earthworks of the hollow way were surveyed in the field to the S of the church.<2>

Surveyed by the RCHME in 1986: -
"The earthworks lying in two fields on the SE side of the through road have been listed and described as deserted medieval village remains. The most prominent features among them is a well defined hollo-way oriented NW-SE at right angles to the ridge. To the S of the modern road it can be traced for some 225m….It is generally 8-12m wide, and 0.5m deep in its S half but becomes deeper (up to 2m) as it bites into the rising ground…. To the N of the modern road, the hollow-way continues on the same NW-SE alignment from the W end of the churchyard directly downslope for some 22m before swinging NE for a further…150m. It is…generally 5-10m wide and up to 0.5m deep.".<3><4>


<01> Ordnance Survey, 1979, Ordnance Survey Record Card SO58NE7 (Card index). SSA7438.


<02> Anon, 1981, Report of the Medieval Village Research Group (Volume). SSA7437.


<03> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1986, Reports on Holdgate Castle, Formal Garden Remains and Settlement Remains, p.1-2 (Field survey report). SSA952.


<04> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1986, Measured Survey of formal garden remains at Holdgate (Measured survey drawing). SSA10271.

Sources

[01]SSA7438 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1979. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO58NE7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO58NE7.
[02]SSA7437 - Volume: Anon. 1981. Report of the Medieval Village Research Group. Report of the Medieval Village Research Group.
[03]SSA952 - Field survey report: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME). 1986. Reports on Holdgate Castle, Formal Garden Remains and Settlement Remains. RCHME Rep. p.1-2.
[04]SSA10271 - Measured survey drawing: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME). 1986. Measured Survey of formal garden remains at Holdgate. 1:1000.
Date Last Edited:Dec 21 2018 12:22PM

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