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Monument Number 111508
Hob Uid: 111508
Location : Shropshire Rushbury
Grid Ref : SO5145091930
Summary : Medieval motte surviving as an earthwork in Bury Field. The motte is oval in plan 44 by 58 metres at the base and 38 by 48 metres at the top. It stands on a slope and is 4 metres high to the east and 0.5 metres high at the south west. There is a ditch 5 metres wide most noticable on the west and north sides where there is a counter scarp bank 8 metres wide. The motte and part of its surrounding ditch are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. Although no trace of a bailey was seen during field investigation, fragments of a ditch and bank on the east side of the motte, possibly indicating the position of a bailey, were identified on aerial photographs. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 51459193) Castle Mound (NR) (1) In 'Bury Field', on a slightly elevated ridge north-east of the church, is an almost circular motte, 10ft high with a slightly concave summit 140ft in diameter. It is surrounded by a ditch nearly 30ft wide, which is very worn and shallow except on the north-west where it is 5ft deep with a 2ft revetment. "Palmer's meadow seems to have signs of outer court". (2-4) A motte, 3.2m high on the east, and 2.3m high on the north-west, where a bank 1.2m high on the inside and 0.9m high on the outside, forms a ditch. There is no trace of a bailey. Published 25" survey revised. (5) No change to previous field report. Published 1:2500 survey (1973) correct. (6) SO 514 919. Motte and bailey in Bury Field (sic). Scheduled. (7) Scheduled listing. (8) Listed by Cathcart king. (9) The motte and part of its surrounding ditch are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. Although no trace of a bailey was seen during field investigation, curvilinear fragments of a ditch and bank on the east side of the motte were also identified during the aerial photographic mapping survey. These features may possibly indicate the remains of a bailey. (10-12)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Pte 6" (L F Chitty 1949)
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Source details : F2 ASP 21-JUN-79
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date :
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte, Bailey, Ditch, Bank (Earthwork), Earthwork
Evidence : Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SA 315
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32328
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Shropshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1254
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.376.6
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 59 SW 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-05-04
End Date : 1971-05-04

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-06-21
End Date : 1979-06-21

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 111508