Hagley, Chirbury (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Chirbury With Brompton.
In the historic county of Shropshire.
Modern Authority of Shropshire.
1974 county of Shropshire.
Medieval County of Shropshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO27859753
Latitude 52.57088° Longitude -3.06611°

Hagley, Chirbury has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are uncertain remains.

Description

Under the printed H of Hagley, adjoining the orchard, is an unrecorded motte (Bird 1977)
Ridge and furrow is visible all round the mound on the AP taken in 1990 (Oblique aerial photograph: Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust. 1990)
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 43 Motte castles; Low score as one of 91 Irregular Open Field Systems (Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File)
This mound was thought to be a possible motte castle. Although given a low score in the MPP desk based assessment phase, aerial photographs indicated a prominent landscape feature within a pasture field. It is a roughly circular knoll, approximately 40m across and 3m high, with exposed bedrock to its full height to the south. It would appear to be an entirely natural feature (Reid Malcolm L. 1999-Jul-27. MPP Non-Scheduling Alternative Action Report)
Noted but rejected as a motte by Spurgeon in 1966, and also rejected as a natural rocky outcrop by King in 1970. (Shropshire HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1408434.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 03473.

Books
- Duckers, Peter and Anne, 2006, Castles of Shropshire (Stroud: Tempus) p. 77 (possible)
  Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p. 72 (reject)
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 435 (reject)
  Bird, A.J., 1977, History on the Ground (University of Wales Press) p. 89
  Eyton, R.W., 1860, Antiquities of Shropshire (London: John Russell Smith) Vol. 11 p. 62-3 (tenurial history) online copy
Periodical Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124 (reject)
  Spurgeon, C.J., 1966, 'The castles of Montgomeryshire' Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 58 p. 1-59 (reject)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Reid, M.L., 27-Jul-1999, Non-Scheduling Alternative Action Report Submission 19

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