In his book Wiltshire, published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., in 1976, Ralph Whitlock noted the following remarks about the lock-up at Shrewton:
A prominent feature of Shrewton village is its stone lock-up, which until recently stood in such a vulnerable spot on a corner near the centre of the village that it was demolished on more than one occasion by tank and lorry and has now been moved back for its safety. This would not have pleased the eminent dowser, Guy Underwood, who maintained that it was sited on a spot indicated by hidden subterranean springs. The lock-up has generally been regarded as a cell affording cold lodgings for prisoners being escorted, on foot, between Salisbury and Devizes, though some writers have thought that it had more local significance, connected with The Gibbet, about half a mile away.