LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Shropshire 1045 (None)
NMR: SJ 30 SW 4 (66413)
SM: 1021278
NGR: SJ 315006
X: 331506 Y: 300620 (OSGB36)
Isolated, univallate, contour hillfort roughly oval in shape and sited on a knoll on the interfluve overlooking the confluence of the River Camlad and Aylesford Brook and valley of the Rea Brook to the NE and Hope Valley to the E. Internal area c. 0.98ha. The rampart is now just a break of slope over much of circuit and possibly robbed in the post-medieval period to form adjacent hedge banks. There are steep slopes to the S and W in particular, but level or undulating to the N. There is an inturned NE entrance and here the bank rises above the interior level. There is a probable clearance cairn outside the entrance, probably robbed from the ramparts. There are no obvious interior features. The site has been deteriorating as bracken and gorse clearance have stopped. Pasture and gorse scrub now covers over nearly three-quarters of the site. Bracken is a problem. Undated. On 1st Ed. OS map (1885-1900).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -335375 Y: 6909167 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.0127219484214973 Latitude: 52.59900997617947 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Historic County: Shropshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Worthen with Shelve
The site has nearly been levelled. Former management of bracken and gorse scrub ceased and now deterioration in condition.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Pasture and gorse scrub now covers over nearly three-quarters of the site. Bracken is a problem.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Site follows the contours. Sited on a knoll on the interfluve overlooking the confluence of the River Camlad and Aylesford Brook and valley of the Rea Brook to the NE and Hope Valley to the E
| 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: Knoll
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 359.0m
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 observation Ordnance Survey 1971. Field observation English Heritage 1963, 1987. Field observation Shropshire CC 1981. Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP 1993-2000.Shropshire Council survey 2012.
| Other (1971): | Field observation OS. |
| Other (1981): | Field observation 1981. |
| Other (2012): | Shropshire Council survey. |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | 1st Ed OS map |
| Other (None): | Field observation English Heritage. |
| Other (None): | Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. |
None
Spring located 0.45 km outside the fort.
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
There is an inturned NE entrance and here the bank rises above the interior level. There is a probable clearance cairn outside the entrance, probably robbed from the ramparts.
| 1: | Site almost levelled. |
| 2: | One original entrance. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (North east): | The bank rises above the interior level. |
The site has been almost levelled, but formerly there would have been a single rampart of stone.The rampart is now just a break of slope over much of circuit and were possibly robbed in the post-medieval period to form adjacent hedge banks. The probable ditch is not visible, but now a buried feature.
| Area 1: | 0.98ha. |
| Total: | 0.98ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
The site has been almost levelled, but formerly there would have been a single rampart.
| ✗ | The site has been almost levelled. |
| ✗ | The site has been almost levelled. |
| 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 | ✗ |
A clearance cairn outside the NE entrance constructed from robbed rampart material suggests that the rampart would have been of stone construction.
| 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 probable ditch is not visible, but now a buried feature. |
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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