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Ex-Scotland, More Copy of aerial photograph Digital image only
SC 772469
Description Ex-Scotland, More Copy of aerial photograph Digital image only
Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England
Catalogue Number SC 772469
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Aerial photograph of More, Shropshire This aerial photograph shows the motte within its surrounding bank and ditch. Below, the raised bailey is visible and is linked by a land bridge to the motte. A medieval road runs from the bailey to the south. Aerial photographs are routinely used by archaeologists to provide a different perspective on a site, or to help identify new archaeological sites that can no longer be seen at ground level. The mound was crowned with a timber tower and a surrounding palisade or fence. The mound was raised from earth dug from the ditch that would have then served as a moat. Next to the motte was the bailey, or castle courtyard, where outbuildings and servants quarters were located. These castles spread across England after the Norman Conquest in 1066. More is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle which had been erected over an earlier defensive ringwork of post-Norman Conquest date (1066). It was examined in 1959 by Brian Hope-Taylor. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution & Restricted Use Summary
Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England)
Licence Type: Limited
You may solely view this material on the Canmore Site. No other use is permitted.
