| HER Number (PRN): | 35932 |
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| Name: | Postulated site of 'Red' Gate, Bailey Head, Oswestry |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Oswestry |
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Monument Type(s):
- GATE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
Documentary evidence for the site of a 'Red Gate' (rubra porta), in the general area of bailey head, an outer gate to the castle.
| Parish: | Oswestry, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 291 297 |
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Related records
| 00332 | Part of: Oswestry Castle, motte and castle ruins (Building) |
| 00493 | Part of: Oswestry town defences (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Occasional references are made in contemporary records to a ‘Red Gate’ (rubra porta) and a ‘Cripple Gate’ (<1a>). The latter certainly did not form a prominent feature of Oswestry’s outer defences. The solitary reference locates the ‘Red Gate’ in the general area of the bailey head, more specifically, the length of a tenter’s frame from the bridge over the castle moat. It can only allude to the outer gate to the castle, possibly constructed of a brown or reddish sandstone, but more probably located in that higher part of the bailey known as le Redehull or ‘the red hill' (<1a>). <1>
Location given should be considered approximate only. <2>
Identified as a possible source for reused stonework encountered during survey work to the rear of 39 Bailey Street (see PRN 35933). <3>
Sources
| [01b] | SSA10576 - Monograph: Rees M U. 1975. The Cartulary of Shrewsbury Abbey. II., p.253. |
| [01a] | SSA11611 - Monograph: Slack W J. 1951. The Lordship of Oswestry, 1393-1607. p.151. |
| [01] | SSA2115 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Pratt D. 1980. Oswestry Town Wall. Border Counties Archaeol Gp Rep. p.13. |
| [02] | SSA26784 - HER comment: Carey Giles. 2014 onwards. Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database. 11/11/2021. |
| [03] | SSA31954 - Field survey report: Bowd C. 2021. 'The Fat Rabbit', 39, Bailey Street, Oswestry, Shropshire. Oswestry Castle Community Research Project. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 11 2021 3:40PM |
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