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Monument Number 73903
Hob Uid: 73903
Location : Telford and Wrekin Newport
Grid Ref : SJ7465918678
Summary : Site of a moat, probably a former manor house. Recorded in 1471 as being so ruinous as to be worth nothing, it may be the site of a castle at Newport recorded by Leland. The moat was largely infilled and built over by developments in the late 19th century.
More information : (SJ 746186) Moat (NR) (Site of) (NAT) (1) Traditional site of Manor House, on south side of road leading from the Railway Station to the town of Newport where there is a piece of ground which appears to have been surrounded by a deep moat. (2) At Upper Bar, south of Newport, is a fragment of a square and broad moat. (3) A moat, nearly square, forming by measurement, an area of 60 square yards. Two sides have been filled with rubbish. Probably the site of the Manor House, described in 1471 as being so ruinous as to be worth nothing. (4) The site of the moat is now occupied by private garden. (5) SJ 746186 Newport. Described as a destroyed moated site on a Shropshire Sites and Monuments Record List of moated sites in 1978. (6)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Manor House
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 71 NW 8
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-09-09
End Date : 1975-09-09

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 73903