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Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 25 February 2006  Page Views: 44500

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Ring (Staffordshire)
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Burntwood  Nearest Village: Cannock Wood
Map Ref: SK045128  Landranger Map Number: 125
Latitude: 52.712843N  Longitude: 1.934827W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Andrewnturner visited on 6th Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Surprisingly large site with easy access.

Marko visited on 4th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Been visiting this site now and again for 20 years. After a gap of approx 5 years i visited again yesterday and was shocked to see how the site has degenerated. I believe that the site is (was?) managed by Cannock Chase District Council -if this is still the case then they need to get up there quick,to clear back the highly invasive ferns/bracken/scrub that currently is completely overrunning/spoiling the site. The banks/ditches are currently hard to discern over the greater part of the fort. The interior is also a complete mess. Shame as this site usually has such a great vibe to it. On today's visit you'd be hard pressed to even tell it was a hillfort.

Marko visited on 1st Feb 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Yet another visit to this marvellous place. At times there is a tangible feel here of 'something else'. There are many stories of sightings here,including Roman legionaires,some sort of 'Bigfoot' and cowled figures.Never seen anything myself but there is cerainly a vibe here!! One to return to.

Tangent visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Elric visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

Hodur visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 3.83 Access: 4.33

Castle Ring (Staffordshire)
Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Castle Ring SK045128 Looking E / NE - despite Castle Ring being the highest part of Cannock Chase, the only part with a panoramic view, looks towards (Rugeley?) Power Station! Castle Ring was actually recommended to me by a colleague at work who does not know of my stones / pre-history interest; she grew up in the Cannock area, and given we were making a trip to Stafford anyway, I'd heard th... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort near Cannock Wood, at the southeastern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.

Despite Castle Ring being the highest part of Cannock Chase, the only part with a panoramic view, looks towards (Rugeley?) Power Station! See here for this useful link

Note: For a story of cryptozoology meeting prehistory, there is a sighting of "Bigfoot" at the Castle Ring; see comments below.
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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by Andrewnturner : January 2023 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : View to the north west-west from the highest point on the interior rampart. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Castle Ring SK045128 On the NW side looking to the W; there has been extensive clearance of trees and invading rhododendron around the ring; unfortunately, despite it being the highest part of Cannock Chase, the only part with a panoramic view, looks towards (Rugeley?) Power Station! Castle Ring was actually recommended to me by a colleague at work who does not know of my stones / pre-histor... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Castle Ring SK045128 This part is from the NE side, looking to the SW, which is where you first enter the monument from the car park. The area in the foreground is actually dominated by the footings of rectilinear buildings, which I assume must be much later than the monument itself. You might be able to make out the straight lines in the grass. Castle Ring was actually recommended to me by ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Noticeboard (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Ridge and furrow marks?

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Eastern ramparts looking south.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Ditch and ramparts on the eastern side looking southwards.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Northern side looking across the fort at the eastern ramparts.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Remains of the medieval hunting lodge in the NW corner of the fort. Looking east across the interior of the fort.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by HarryTwenty : Ditch and rampart on the western side.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : The waterlogged ditch of Castle Ring on the south west side next to the car park. I co-lead a guided walk here last Thursday on a most stupendous of autumn days, really very beautiful indeed.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Castle Ring late Sat 6th Sept 2008 as heavy rain and thunder hung around in the area. Very moody and atmospheric.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Looking north west along the north eastern outside rampart.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : The view across Cannock Chase, looking north west from the highest point of the nothern interior of the fort.

Castle Ring (Staffordshire)
Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : View looking south east on the eastern ramparts.

Castle Ring (Staffordshire)
Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Composite looking north across the interior. Southern side rather waterlogged.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Between the southern ramparts. The flooded area is providing a small stream across the footpath from the car park.

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Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett : Castle Ring SK045128 There are a larger number of ramparts on this SE, looking to the SW. The original entrance was in this area, which fits with the styling of entrances at other hillforts (cf Maiden Castle, Dorset, or Old Oswestry Hillfort), but I could not clearly ascertain what was what here. The path that encloses the ring on the top of the inner rampart is of Victorian construction. ...

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4,000-year-old Stone Age camp discovered by dog walker near Cannock by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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HISTORIANS believe they have unearthed evidence of a 4,000-year-old Stone Age camp in the Midlands – thanks to a dog walker.

Roger Hall discovered a handful of strange-shaped rocks while walking his pet pooch in picturesque Cannock Wood, Staffordshire,

But experts have identified them as flint ‘flakes’ – the off-cuts from tools crafted by Stone Age Man an astonishing 4,000 years ago.

If confirmed, they could mark the spot of the only neolithic camp known in our region, says Roger Knowles, a member of the Council for British Archaeology.

He is convinced that buried beneath the grassland is a link between the twilight period when mankind changed from nomadic hunter-gatherer to village dweller.

Norton Canes Historical Society chairman Roger, 70, is now calling for a full excavation of the site after contacting the Staffordshire County Council archaeologist.

He said: “This could be the most significant historical find for decades. There have been previous individual finds from the Stone Age – tools, weapons and burial sites – but never a settlement. It’s very exciting.

“I really haven’t a clue what they would find if they began a full excavation.

‘‘I’ve studied the area time and again. There’s a sandstone cliff and I wonder if the people of that time built their settlement against it for shelter.

‘‘From there they would have had an amazing view, all the way to the Derbyshire Hills.’’

He added: “It would not have been a big community, a couple of families at most living in thatched dwellings surrounded by a wooden blockade.

‘‘They would have had livestock and used claypots.”

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The slivers of stone handed by Mr Hall to Roger provide an insight into the neolithic period, known as the New Stone Age – a part of our history of which precious little is known.

Four thousand years ago the oldest pyramid had yet to be built and Stonehenge was still 1,000 years away from construction.

Yet, the Cannock Wood tribe had access to flint – in an area where the stone is not native.

Roger explained: “They either discovered flat pebbles of it in the River Trent, or it was imported from down south.”

The discovery is just the latest archaelogical treasure unearthed in Cannock Wood, where Pagans still flock to celebrate summer solstice at Castle Ring, an Iron Age fort thought to possess mystical powers.

In 1907, two London archaeologists discovered a New Stone Age ‘flint’ factory on nearby farming land. The haul included 600 flint blades and 40 complete ‘implements’.

Roger, who runs a local business that deals in ancient documents, books and magazines, has a 1911 edition of the Antiquary – a publication for members of the Geographical Society – outlining the find. “How two experts from London discovered it is a mystery,” he said.

“I’m not even sure of the exact location now.”

The flint items are kept at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, and Roger is determined to get them back.

“I’d like to see at least part of the collection at the nearby Museum of Cannock Chase,” he said.

And Roger is convinced there are more treasures to be found in the Cannock Wood area, which is just a few miles from where the Staffordshire Hoard was discovered by metal detectorist, Terry Herbert.

“The area really is a magical spot and each discovery shows New Stone Age man was a lot cleverer than we first thought,” said Roger.

Read More http://www.birminghammail.net/news/staffordshire-news/2011/12/11/4-000-year-old-stone-age-camp-discovered-by-dog-walker-near-cannoc

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Re: Castle Ring by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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Castle Ring represents a type of fortified settlement, know as a hill fort, built by the Iron Age occupants of Britain around 500 B.C.

It is the best preserved of the eight in Staffordshire. As their name suggests hill forts were built on high ground reinforcing natural defences by earth banks and ditches. At a height of nearly 800 feet above sea level Castle Ring is on the highest point of Cannock Chase and when built would doubtless have had commanding views over the surrounding countryside giving local inhabitants early warning of any advancing enemy forces.

Whilst hill forts are characteristic monuments of the Iron Age archaeological evidence suggests that, in some cases, they may have developed from enclosed settlements of the earlier Bronze Age. Although flint implements of Bronze Age date have been found at Castle Ring no definite conclusions can be drawn on such an early occupation of the site.

Castle Ring would have been an important fortification of one of the iron Age tribes occupying the area before the Roman invasion of Britain, lying on the boundary between the two major tribes of the midlands, the Cornovii and the Coritani. Whether it was one of these or a separate local tribe that occupied the site is not known. However the finding of elaborate gold "torcs" or collars at nearby Needwood and Tamworth does suggest that there was a local Iron Age chieftain resident somewhere in the area.

In its heyday Castle Ring would have been a centre of activity for the surrounding area, perhaps with a settled community living within the protection of the rampart, in round houses up to 20-40 feet across. Most of the inhabitants would have been engaged in agriculture, but pottery, metalwork and textiles may also have been made by specialist craftsmen. In addition the site would have acted as a refuge for a scattered farming community in times of trouble.

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http://www.cannockwood.org/history
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Cannock Chase Map by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/downloads/chasemap2.jpg
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Castle Ring by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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Cannock Chase District Council web page on Castle Ring:

http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=596&pageNumber=9
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Black Shuck & a UFO at Castle Ring? by TimPrevett on Monday, 12 February 2007
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But the bizarre activity had barely begun: suddenly, out of the fog loomed a large, and certainly monstrous, black dog.

For more on the above, a superb account of an other worldly enounter at Castle Ring here

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Re: Castle Ring by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 March 2006
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Regarding Big Foot sighting.
There have been sightings of something similar on Bluebell hill in Kent near where there are a number of neolithic megaliths.
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Bigfoot at Castle Ring (Staffordshire) by TimPrevett on Saturday, 25 February 2006
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Reading the Stafford Post, P18 of the print edition 23/02/2006, there have been sightings of a Bigfoot like creature on Cannock Chase, including one eight second sighting in April 2004. An Alec Williams saw "a seven foot tall creature, with short, shiny, dark brown hair, large head and eyes that glowed bright read.". For more, see the Stafford Post.
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Re: Castle Ring by TimPrevett on Saturday, 25 February 2006
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well i visited castle ring on 23/5/03 and well for the first time i felt earth energies what can i say wonderful experience....... no doubt i shall return time and time again bb all who read this posting

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