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Bury Walls

Shropshire, England · Atlas EN0048

Bury Walls is a contour fort in Weston-under-Redcastle, Shropshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 8.8 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 152 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400 (Morphology/Earthwork/Typology and Other). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1020284).

Location

Atlas number
EN0048 (48)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Weston-under-Redcastle
National Grid reference
SJ577274
Latitude
52.84385
Longitude
-2.62966
Altitude
152 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
8.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North west); In-turned (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology and Other
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
rectangular structures
Finds
metal
Investigations
Excavation (1930); Other (1962); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1976-1981); Other (1979-1984); Other (1993-2000); Geophysical Survey (1998-1999); Earthwork Survey (1998-2000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1020284
HER
Shropshire 1139
National record
record SJ 52 NE 11; monument 70635
Wikidata
Q31113150

Sources

References

  1. Dorling, P. and Wigley, A. 2012: Assessment of the archaeological and conservation status of major later prehistoric enclosures in Herefordshire and Shropshire, EH PNUM, Version 3.2, Hereford and Shrewsbury: Herefordshire Council/Shropshire Council.
  2. Murdie, R.E., White, R.H., Baratt, G., Gaffney, V. and Goulty, R. 2003. Geophysical surveys of Bury Walls Hill Fort, Shropshire, Archaeol Prospect, 10, 249-63.
  3. Morris, J.A. 1934. Bury Walls, Hawkestone, Trans Shropshire Arch Hist Soc, 46, 85-9.
  4. Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 357, Institute of Historical Research.