More Village Defences

Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence

There are earthwork remains

NameMore Village Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishMore

Village enclosure attached to More Castle

Gatehouse Comments

The line of this defence excludes the church; presumably this was a planned Norman borough which failed. See the castle record for full bibliography and scheduled monument description.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO339914
Latitude52.5169906616211
Longitude-2.97252988815308
Eastings333940
Northings291400
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Books

  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 79, 266
  • Higham, R. and Barker, P., 1992, Timber Castles (Batsford) p. 232-3

Journals

  • Bond J., 2001, 'Earthen Castles, Outer Enclosures and the Earthworks at Ascott d'Oilly Castle, Oxfordshire' Oxoniensia Vol. 46 p. 67-8 (Appendix: Earthwork castles with attached village enclosures) online copy

Other

  • English Heritage, 2001, Scheduling Papers (Revision, 09/04/2001)