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Monument Number 108865
Hob Uid: 108865
Location : Shropshire Acton Scott
Grid Ref : SO4537089500
Summary : Watch Tower or House (temp. Henry III) (site of).
More information : (SO 45378950) Watch Tower (NR) (site of). (1) Site of an ancient watchtower in the Tower Yard enclosure. (2) Possibly the site of a house of temp. Henry III, predecessor of Acton Scott Hall. (The name "Castlehill Wood" at SO 445897 may be significant). (3) No visible remains of a building within Tower Yard, which is a pasture field. (4) SO 453895. Site of tower listed by Hogg and King "Acton Scott (?)". Shown on map of 'fortifications other than castles', mostly 15th century. (5) The possible ground plan of this building is shown in Mrs. Stackhouse Acton's Ms on the Acton Scott villa. This shows a roughly square structure about seventeen feet on a side internally, with two projections at opposite corners forming a type of Z-plan. There is a brick-lined fireplace set in one wall with a projecting stack, and a second brick fireplace in the centre of the floor. One possible doorway is shown. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : Rev ONB 1901 7.
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Source details : Old Houses of Wenlock 1914 57-8 (H E Forrest)
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Source details : F1 ASP 09-JAN-73
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Source details : Arch Camb 116 1967 71-89 map 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches'. (A H A Hogg & D J King)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Salop Sites & Mons 170 (I Burrow)
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : Shrewsbury MS 6007 (Mrs S Acton)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Lookout
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 48 NE 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-01-09
End Date : 1973-01-09

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 108865