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Monument Number 105569
Hob Uid: 105569
Location : Shropshire Chirbury with Brompton
Grid Ref : SO2479096880
Summary : Slight earthwork remains of a medieval moat, possibly the site of a fortified manor house.
More information : (SO 24739682) Moat (NR) (1) A rectangular defence of a mediaeval fortified house; possibly the manor house of Timberth, which was a member of Chirbury, and held of the castle of Montgomery by the tenure of castle-guard. (2) This homestead moat has been almost completely destroyed the only surviving portions being the outer scarp, 0.8 m in height, of the NE arm and part of the partially filled NW arm. The present brick-built farmhouse is 18th or 19th century with no visible evidence of a mediaeval house. Published survey (25") revised. (3) Noted in a list of Moated sites in Shropshire at SO247968. Manorial moated site, buildings noted (4) This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project, but no trace of a moat was recorded by that survey. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Source details : Montgomery Coll 10 1877 337
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Source details : F1 DJC 14-MAR-73
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Source details : Moated Sites Res Grp Rep 7 1980 50
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Source details : RCHME: Marches Uplands Mapping Project
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Monument Types:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 29 NW 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-03-14
End Date : 1973-03-14

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 105569