Site Of A Watermill In Upper Mill Meadow

• HER Number (PRN): 03704
• Site Name : Site Of A Watermill In Upper Mill Meadow
• Monument Type:
  • Leat (Medieval)
  • Watermill (Medieval)
• Civil Parish:
  • Church Pulverbatch , Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SJ 4237 0211
• Brief Description: Sit of a possible watermill of medieval date, with earthworks in Upper Mill Meadow suggesting the former existence of a mill-leat.
• Description: Earthworks in Upper Mill Meadow, Castle Pulverbatch suggest the former existence of a mill-leet and often fill up with water to appear as ponds on most maps. A farm of the mill is mentioned in connection with Pulverbatch in a medieval document of 1423/4 .<1>
  
  Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 15 Medieval Watermills. <2>
  
  The site of the former mill pond is still shown as water filled on modern maps. <3>
• Record Type: Monument
• Sources:

  (00)	Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03704.
  (01)	Field survey report: Stillman N. 1980. Castle Pulverbatch - A Field Survey of a Motte and Bailey Earthwork in Shropshire. p21.
  (02)	TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File.
  (03)	Deskbased survey report: Hannaford Hugh R & Silvester R. 2015. Desk-based studies of four castles in the Welsh Marches: Castle Pulverbatch, More Castle, Wilmington Castle & Hyssington Castle. SCAS Rep. 371.

• Tags:
  • Leat
  • Watermill
• Related Places:
  • Church Pulverbatch, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Created: 03/06/1994
• Date Last Edited: 09/03/2018 14:53:35