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Monument Number 66434
Hob Uid: 66434
Location : Shropshire Worthen with Shelve
Grid Ref : SJ3289002940
Summary : Small medieval ringwork situated on Whitsburn Hill comprising of an oval-shaped enclosure with a break to the north east, surrounded by a ditch. The site was seen as an earthwork mound and mapped from aerial photographs. Scheduled.
More information : A circular earthwork discovered during field investigation. Visible on OS AP's 70:401:163. Surveyed at 1:2500 at SJ 32840293. The work measures 37.0m in diameter overall and comprises a low enclosing bank surrounded by a ditch 10.0m in width and 1.2m in depth. A break in the bank in the NE is possibly original. The work is situated on a NW facing slope above a spring: there is evidence of a field system in the surrounding arable. In most respects it is similar to the series of ringworks covering what is termed the Breidden Gap. ie being rather motte-like in appearance but very low and with a dished top. (1) Survey of 27-JUL-1971 still correct. (2) The earthwork remains of a small ringwork described by the previous authorities and seen centred at SJ 3289 0294 was mapped from aerial photographs. The site appeared as an circular mound with a diameter of approximately 30m situated on a NW facing slope of Whitsburn Hill. (3-4) SJ 3289 0294: Small Medival ringwork which may have principally been built to support a watchtower. The enclosure is oval in shape with an external ditch which is partly infilled and part waterlogged. A level building platform within the northern half of the interior probably supported the watchtower. Scheduled.(5)

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Source details : F1 MHB 27-JUL-71
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Source details : OS. AP. 70/401 No 163 (1:2500)
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Source details : F2 CFW 13-DEC-79
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Source details : NMR SJ 3202/1 03-JAN-1986
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Source details : NMR SJ 3202/2 03-JAN-1986
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : EH scheduling amendment, 12-NOV-2001
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Ringwork, Building Platform, Watch Tower
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.111.2
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34902
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 30 SW 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-07-27
End Date : 1971-07-27

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-12-13
End Date : 1979-12-13

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 66434