LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Shropshire 1192 (None)
NMR: SO 28 NW 7 (105295)
SM: 1021280
NGR: SO24078504
X: 324072 Y: 285048 (OSGB36)
Univallate, contour, hillfort located in the Clun Forest in commanding position on prominent hill above Folly Brook and between its confluence with the River Clun and the Kerry Ridgeway. In an area of small hillforts. The slopes are gentle to the N and E, steeper elsewhere. Internal area c. 0.88ha. A bank and outer ditch of earth and stone, both reduced by ploughing, surround the site. Ditch to 0.2m deep to S and on NW side a steep rock-cut face is visible. The original entrance is on the E side at 4m wide, that on to the NW is later. In the interior are level platforms, some partly cut into the slope. Major interest is an external field boundary with external ditch running from E side of fort and then NW for some 450m. Built of earth and stone in short straight lengths, it is contemporary with the enclosure and has a gap at its S end where a 10m causeway crosses the ditch with a gap in the bank. A hollow way from this gap extends to the hillfort entrance and was clearly used in prehistory. A further shallow ditch to the SE is also contemporary, but associated ridge and furrow is probably medieval. Under pasture. Successful earthwork repairs. Undated. On 1st Ed OS map (1885-1900).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -347194 Y: 6883375 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.1188962689809423 Latitude: 52.458054222240634 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Historic County: Shropshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Clun
Successful earthwork repairs c. 2006. Good management.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Pasture.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour hillfort located on prominent hill above Folly Brook and above its confluence with the River Clun.
| 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: Prominent hill
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 430.0m
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: | None |
On 1st Ed OS map (1885-1900). Field observations Ordnance Survey 1973, 1979. Field observation Shropshire CC 1981. Field observation English Heritage 1987. Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP 1993-2000. Shropshire Council survey 2012.
| Other (1981): | Field observation Shropshire CC. |
| Other (1987): | Field observation EH. |
| Other (2012): | Shropshire Council survey. |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | 1st Ed OS |
| Other (None): | Field observations OS. |
| Other (None): | Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. |
In the interior are level platforms, some partly cut into the slope and spoilheap or midden.
Spring located 0.2 km outside the fort.
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
In the interior are level platforms, some partly cut into the slope and spoilheap or midden.
| 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 | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
The original entrance is on the E at 4m wide, that on to the NW is later. Hollow way from external field boundary gap extends to hillfort entrance and clearly used in prehistory.
| 2: | Gap on the NW is later. |
| 2: | The entrance on E side is original. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (East): | The original entrance is on the E side at 4m wide. |
| 1. Hollow Way (East): | Hollow way from external field boundary gap extends to hillfort entrance and clearly used in prehistory. |
A bank and outer ditch of earth and stone, both reduced by ploughing, surround the site. The ditch is can be seen to 0.2 m to the S and on the NW side a steep rock-cut face is visible.
| Area 1: | 0.88ha. |
| Total: | 0.88ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| 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 bank and rock-cut face to ditch to the NW.
| 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 |
| ✓ | The ditch is can be seen to 0.2 m to the S and on the NW side a steep rock-cut face is visible. |
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.
Guilbert, G.C. 1976. Caer-Din Ring, Salop, Arch Camb, CXXXV, 165-69.
Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 372-73, Institute of Historical Research.
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