Monument details
| HER Number: | 109 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | Runcorn burh |
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Summary
Runcorn Burh was founded by Aethelfleda, lady of the Mercians in around 912 in response to presence of a Norse fleet in Irish Sea. A burh is the Saxon name for a fortified settlement. The exact site is not known but is was probably the Castle Rock. This was a promontory jutting out into the River Mersey, which was removed to improve naviagation and construct the railway viaduct. There are plans showing the area before the railway but the area has now been destroyed by bridge building and other industrial workings. Placename evidence suggests there may also have been a Norman castle here for a short period.
Monument Types
- BURH (Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD?)
- CASTLE (Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD?)
- DITCH (Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD?)