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Monument Number 107001
Hob Uid: 107001
Location : Shropshire Lydbury North
Grid Ref : SO3741089510
Summary : A mutilated earthwork mound allegedly the findspot of an urn and burnt bones prior to 1872 during road construction. Possibly a Romano-British barrow, but given its position more likely to be a medieval motte. The surviving fragment of mound is 2.8 metres high and had an original diameter of 18 metres. In 1974 it was seen to be incorporated into the kitchen garden of a farmhouse. The mound has been mapped from aerial photographs. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 3741 8951) Tumulus (NR) (1) A large round barrow, the northeast part cut away by road and excavation. Urn and burnt bones found before 1872. Wright considered it to be Roman. The finds are now lost. (2) Listed as a Norman castle (The claim is unsupported. The site was not visited and the only source of evidence is VCH). (3) This much mutilated fragment of a mound 2.8 m high had an original diameter of some 18.0m. There is no trace of a ditch, and it is now incorporated into the kitchen garden of a farmhouse. It is situated in a valley bottom alongside the Craven Arms - Bishops Stoke road, an ancient valley route, at a crossing of the River Onny. Although it is difficult to explain the finding of an "urn and burnt bones", the height and position of the mound suggest it is a motte. Published survey (25") revised. (4) Scheduled listing. (5) The mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. It was not possible to clarify the interpretation or date of this feature based on aerial photographic evidence . (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1903
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Source details : Corr 6" (L F Chitty undated)
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Uriconium 1872 (T Wright)
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Source details : (A Hogg & C King)
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Source details : F1 DJC 03-JAN-74
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Source details : 02-Jul-99
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : NMR OS/73069 626-7 10-APR-1973
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Cinerary Urn, Cremation, Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Find, Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32292
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Shropshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 3178
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.306.4
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 38 NE 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-01-03
End Date : 1974-01-03

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 107001