Shifnal Castle Hills (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Shifnall

In the civil parish of Shifnal.
In the historic county of Shropshire.
Modern Authority of Shropshire.
1974 county of Shropshire.
Medieval County of Shropshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SJ74270684
Latitude 52.65872° Longitude -2.38183°

Shifnal Castle Hills has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are earthwork remains.

Description

The Castle Hills are shown on an estate map of 1635. Mrs Watts visited and photographed the site and sought SMR opinion on the substantial earthwork features she found there (1987). M Watson visited the site and was satisfied that it was an earthwork castle, albeit not of the standard motte and bailey type (1987) In September 1993 a brief for the evaluation of the site was produced because of proposals to create recreation/conservation water areas there. (Shropshire SMR record)

Earthwork of unknown date or function. Listed by the Shropshire Sites and Monuments Record as a possible earthen castle. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1407340.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 04299.

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Anon, 1635, The Site of the Manor. of Shefnall wt Some of the Parke thereto Adjoining ... (Map)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Watson, Michael D., 1993, Brief for an Archaeologcial Evaluation at Manor Farm

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link.
Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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