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Monument Number 66382
Hob Uid: 66382
Location : Shropshire Minsterley
Grid Ref : SJ3844004800
Summary : Possible site of Callow Castle disused by c.1274. The remains are said to have been observed by Leland in about 1540. Field investigation in 1971 failed to find evidence for the castle. No further information was gained during an aerial photographic mapping survey by RCHME because the site is covered by trees on the available photographs.
More information : The castle was built on the site of an Iron Age hill fort on Callow Hill at SJ 38440480 (SJ 30 SE 1). This castle, probably built of stone, was disused by about 1274, but its remains were observed by Leland about 1540. (1) Recent examination of the hill fort revealed nothing about the site of a castle, but a charter of about 1274-8 .... speaks uncomprisingly of a "castellum" here to which the service of two half knights fees had formerly pertained (Longleat Mss). Leland mentions the "ruins of a castle or pile", but this could be a reference to the hill fort (SJ 30 SE 1). (2-3) The earthwork on Callow Hill could be a "ringwork". There is no evidence of a castle within the earthwork. (4) Listed as a vanished castle by Cathcart King. (5) This site falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. No further information was gained during that survey because the site is covered by trees on the available photographs. (6)

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Source details : (Gaydon & Lawson)
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Source details : (J Lawson)
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Source details : Leland's Itinerary 1535-1543 2 1964 26-27 (L T Smith)
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Source details : F1 MHB 16-JUL-71
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Source details : RCHME: Marches Uplands Mapping Project
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1274
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Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : seen by Leland
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Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 30 SE 7
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-07-16
End Date : 1971-07-16

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 66382