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| Monument Name |
Sheering Hall |
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| SMR Number |
3597 |
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| Summary |
Ringwork within the grounds of Sheering Hall. |
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| Description |
Ringwork within the grounds of Sheering Hall, the north east arc is overlaid by Sheering Hall and obliterated by landscape gardening. The west and south west arcs survive as a strong rampart c1m maximum height above the interior with an outer ditch 4.5m deep from the top of the rampart. The ditch around the west side was and still is dry but on the south and east arcs there was a wet moat formed by diverting the Pincey Brook around the base of the rampart and retained by a bank 2m high on the south of the ringwork. This bay has been breached and the moat is dry. The interior of the work which must have measured c70m in diameter contains no evidence on the surface of interior buildings (the slopes shown on OS 1:25000 are the result of levelling to accommodate a tennis court. <1> - <7>
J D Hedges prefers to use the term ring motte for Essex ringworks. In Suffolk they are dated to the Viking period. |
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| Monument Type(s) |
RINGWORK (Dated 1066AD to 1539AD)
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| Monument Class(es) |
EARTHWORK
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Period
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1066AD to 1539AD Medieval
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| Status |
Not Known |
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| Administration Area |
SHEERING, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX |
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National Grid Reference
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Square: TL41SE
Ref: 495128 |
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| Finds |
None listed
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| Events |
Field visit to 3597 by Priddy, DA, ECC on APR-1982
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Sources
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Desc Text : TL41SE14 (unknown)
Desc Text : An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex (RCHME) Vol 2, p211 Dated : 1921
Desc Text : SMR Form (unknown) Dated : 1960s to
Aerial Photo : OS/71/173/86-87 (Ordnance Survey) 04/05/1971 Dated : 1971
Photograph : TL41-011 (Couchman, C) Dated : 1976
Photograph : TL41-011 (Priddy, DA) Dated : 1982
Map : NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000 (Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H) TL41SE Dated : 1993 - 2010
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