| HER Number (PRN): | 00693 |
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| Name: | Site of Dawley Castle |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Possible site of a fortified manor house of the early 14th century, known from documentary evidence alone.
| Parish: | Dawley Hamlets, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ60NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6880 0623 |
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Related records
| 03861 | Related to: Dawley Castle Furnaces (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA687 - 1972 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
A patent dated Nov 17 1316 permits William ale Mouton to fortify his mansion of Dailileye with a stone wall and to embattle the same <1a>
There are no extant remains of Dawley castle. The earthworks to the north of the published site are a result of modern tipping of waste materials from factories. There is no evidence to connect Castle Pool (SJ 68840615) with Dawley Castle except for its proximity. OS FI 1972 <1b>
During the Civil War the house was garrisoned by Royalists until captured by 1645. By 1762 the site had become a farmstead, and buildings surrounded by the remains of the water-filled moat survived in 1817. All trace of the former house was obliterated in the early C19 by slag heaps from the adjacent Castle furnaces (PRN 03861). <2>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00693. |
| [01a] | SSA2162 - Monograph: Eyton R W. 1854/ 1860. Antiquities of Shropshire. p44. |
| [01] | SSA2708 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1972. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ60NE2. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ60NE2. |
| [01b] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 DRB 25-JUL-72. |
| [02] | SSA2707 - Volume: Baugh G C (ed). 1985. Victoria County History Volume XI: Telford. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol XI. p24. |
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 20 2021 6:10PM |
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