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HER Number (PRN):33745
Name:Earthwork remains of platform, NE of Lower Down Farm
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Earthwork remains of a platform, possibly associated with deserted settlement at Lower Down Motte (PRN 03073).

Parish:Lydbury North, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO38SW
Grid Reference:SO 33702 84531

Related records

03073Part of: Deserted settlement at Lower Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

A possible platform of unknown date, seen as an earthwork, and mapped from good quality aerial photographs. EH Author: FJS. Date: 11/01/94. <1>

Possibly part of deserted settlement at Lower Down (PRN 03073); a modern building appears to have existed on the site marked by MUMP since at least 1983. <2><3>

Sources

[01]SSA22521 - Database file: National Monuments Record (NMR). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP) MORPH records (2006 version). Marches Uplands Survey. 271/3/1.
[02]SSA22421 - Vertical aerial photograph: Cartographical Services Ltd. 1983. Set of vertical aerial photographs, 1983 (Carto Services). Black and white. 1:10000. Frame 5964.
[03]SSA26784 - HER comment: Carey Giles. 2014 onwards. Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database. 05/02/2018.
Date Last Edited:Jul 29 2020 11:22AM