LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
Satellite Imagery
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HER: Shropshire 135 (None)
NMR: SJ 51 SW7 (70494)
SM: 1021282
NGR: SJ 537137
X: 353732 Y: 313785 (OSGB36)
Rocky, univallate, contour hillfort sited near to the top of Haughmond Hill at the W end of the escarpment and overlooking a sharp bend of the River Severn near Shrewsbury. Extensive views of the Severn Valley and North Shropshire Plain. Internal area c. 1.6ha. Earth and stone rampart survives on the NW, S and SE sides and generally discontinuous. The NE side is open where there was a former marsh as protection. S rampart possibly never completed where meets the marsh. The rampart rises to nearly 2m on the N. Extensive use of natural rock features on circuit. Most of W rampart may be natural. Infilled ditch on the SE and NW sides. To S where defences run up to the head of a steep-sided gully, ends of the rampart turn inwards to form an entrance passageway of 5m width. Possible E entrance. Interior now rocky outcrops with possible quarry depressions. 18th century folly of Haughmond Castle in interior, as are remnants of a WWII spigot mortar emplacement, possibly used by the Home Guard. Possible evidence of iron working. Affected by scrub and trees and Forestry Commission public access site problems. Toposcope and managed tracks with erosion. Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -299054 Y: 6931318 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.686449855895951 Latitude: 52.71970416313992 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Historic County: Shropshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Uffington
Affected by scrub and trees and Forestry Commission public access site problems. 18th century folly of Haughmond Castle in interior as are remnants of a WWII spigot mortar emplacement, possibly used by the Home Guard. Toposcope and managed tracks with erosion.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Recreation site with scrub and bracken. Folly and WWII works. Toposcope.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✓ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
Site generally follows the contours. Sited near to the top of Haughmond Hill at the W end of the escarpment and overlooking a sharp bend of the River Severn. Extensive views of the Severn Valley and North Shropshire Plain.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Haughmond Hill ridge.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 132.0m
N/A
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | 18th century folly of Haughmond Castle in interior as are remnants of a WWII spigot mortar emplacement, possibly used by the Home Guard. Toposcope. |
Shropshire Council survey 2012. Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP 1993-2000.
| Other (2012): | Shropshire Council survey. |
| Other (None): | Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. |
Possible iron slag evidence of metal working. 18th century folly of Haughmond Castle in interior as are remnants of a WWII spigot mortar emplacement, possibly used by the Home Guard.
Spring located 0.4 km outside the fort and above River Severn.
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Quarry depressions in the interior. 18th century folly of Haughmond Castle in interior as are remnants of a WWII spigot mortar emplacement, possibly used by the Home Guard.
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✓ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Possible iron slag evidence of metal working.
| No Known Finds | ✗ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✓ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
On the S side, where defences run up to the head of a steep-sided gully, the ends of the rampart turn inwards to form an entrance passageway of 5m width. Possible simple gap, but undefined E entrance.
| 2: | Possibly two entrances |
| 2: | S definite entrance; possibly another on the E side. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (South): | On the S side, where defences run up to the head of a steep-sided gully, the ends of the rampart turn inwards to form an entrance passageway of 5m width. |
| 1. Passage-way/Corridor (South): | On the S side, where defences run up to the head of a steep-sided gully, the ends of the rampart turn inwards to form an entrance passageway of 5m width. |
| 2. Simple Gap (East): | Possible simple gap, but undefined entrance. |
Earth and stone rampart survives on the NW, S and SE sides and generally discontinuous. The NE side is open where there was a former marsh as protection. S rampart possibly never completed where meets the marsh. The rampart rises to nearly 2m on the N. Extensive use of natural rock features on the circuit. Most of the W rampart may in fact be natural. Infilled ditch on the SE and NW sides.
| Area 1: | 1.6ha. |
| Total: | 1.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
Earth and stone rampart survives on the NW, S and SE sides and generally discontinuous. The NE side is open where there was a former marsh as protection.
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | No rampart to the NW where former marsh. |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Earth and stone ramparts. S side possibly unfinished where meets former marsh.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Infilled ditch on the SE and NW sides. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Dorling, P. and Wigley, A. 2012. Assessment of the archaeological and conservation status of major later prehistoric enclosures in Herefordshire and Shropshire, EH PNUM, Version 3.2, Hereford and Shrewsbury: Herefordshire Council/Shropshire Council.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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