Oldfields Mound (The Gatehouse Record)

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

OS Map Grid Reference: SJ62773606
Latitude 52.92069° Longitude -2.55512°

Oldfields Mound has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)
MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Scheduled Monument: An unusual survival of a Bronze Age burial mound in an arable landscape (where barrows seldom survive centuries of ploughing)
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 43 Motte castles. No descriptive text (Horton Wendy B. 1990/1991)
Scheduled as a round barrow in 2001. Scheduling description: ->
-> The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a Bronze Age round barrow situated on a gradual south facing slope in an area of gently undulating land. The barrow mound is constructed of earth and is roughly circular, measuring approximately 18m in diameter at its base. It has a flat top, measuring 7m by 9m, which may be the result of later modification. In relation to the sloping ground on which it stands, its height increases from 1.6m to 2m. Although no longer visible at ground level, a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the barrow surrounds the mound. This has become infilled over the years but will survive as a buried feature, approximately 3m wide. Immediately to the south of the mound is a crescent-shaped pit, of probable modern date, which cuts the base of the mound and part of the surrounding ditch. (Shropshire HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1019655, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 33831
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1342535.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 03694.

Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- English Heritage, 2001, Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 09/03/2001)

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