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HER Number (PRN):33280
Name:Triple-ditched enclosure, NW of Wroxeter defences
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

A triple-ditched enclosure, possibly related to Roman extra-mural occupation/cemetery activity in this area.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ50NE
Grid Reference:SJ 56117 09265

Related records

06417Part of: Excavation of possible extra mural cemetery, Wroxeter (c1970) (Monument)
06500Part of: Extramural Occupation, Wroxeter Civitas Capital (Monument)
00026Part of: Viroconium Cornoviorum (Roman Wroxeter) (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

A triple-ditched enclosure, identified during aerial survey in 2017. <1>

Possibly related to Roman extra-mural occupation/cemetery activity in this area (see PRNs 00026, 06417 and 06500). <2>

Photographed during aerial survey in 2018. <3><4>


<01> Shropshire Council, 2017-Jul-20, SA1702-063 to SA1702-070 (8 photos) Flight: 17_SA_02 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA29562.


<02> Carey Giles, 2014 onwards, Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database, 07/09/2017 (SMR comment). SSA26784.


<03> Shropshire Council, 2018-Jul-03, SA1803_053 (1 photo) Flight: 18_SA_03 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA30174.


<04> Shropshire Council, 2018-Jul-17, SA1805_011 (1 photo) Flight: 18_SA_05 (Oblique aerial photograph). SSA30273.

Sources

[01]SSA29562 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2017-Jul-20. SA1702-063 to SA1702-070 (8 photos) Flight: 17_SA_02. Colour. Digital.
[02]SSA26784 - SMR comment: Carey Giles. 2014 onwards. Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database. 07/09/2017.
[03]SSA30174 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2018-Jul-03. SA1803_053 (1 photo) Flight: 18_SA_03. Colour. Digital.
[04]SSA30273 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2018-Jul-17. SA1805_011 (1 photo) Flight: 18_SA_05. Colour. Digital.
Date Last Edited:Jul 24 2018 11:57AM