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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chesterton Walls - Hillfort in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 06 September 2005  Page Views: 15451

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chesterton Walls Alternative Name: The Walls
Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bridgnorth
Map Ref: SO78679668
Latitude: 52.567524N  Longitude: 2.316122W
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.
2 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
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Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesteron Walls - Part of the northern defensive bank, unfortunately with corrugated iron addition. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Re: Chesterton Walls by TheWhiteRider on Saturday, 08 July 2006

Chesterton Walls is a large Iron Age univallate hillfort, enclosing an area of around 22 acres. It lies on high ground between two streams South of the tiny village of Chesterton. A footpath runs across a section of the site, but private property signs stipulate that you must keep to the footpath so a detailed exploration is impossible. We found the best parking to be next to the phone box in Chesterton. From here there is a brief walk to the footpath which leads through what may be the original entrance. You are here presented with the impressively large interior of the fort. You must then turn left, to keep to the footpath, and walk along the remains of the Eastern rampart. In places this has been reduced by ploughing, but in other sections it still appears impressive. Glimpses of the height of the bank and depth of the outer ditch are possible through the dense trees and undergrowth, suggesting that this was a well defended site. The footpath leaves the fort in the SE and descends to a small annexe section, with its own defensive bank, before crossing the confluence of the streams.

Roman coins and a gold ring have been discovered at the site.
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Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Welcome to Chesterton Walls! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesterton Walls - Profile view of bank from within the Northern entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesterton Walls - Exterior view from the road of the NW bank. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesterton Walls - Interior of Western bank. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesterton Walls - NE defensive bank. There is a steep drop into the deep ditch on the other side of this. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chesterton Walls
Chesterton Walls submitted by TheWhiteRider : Chesterton Walls - The interior of the fort.

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Re: Chesterton Walls by Anonymous on Thursday, 09 March 2023
Hi very interesting found a middle iron age brooch about a mile away my last visit was about 30 years ago the owner at the time lived by me of the Compton Road wolves does anyone know the dat6e of this place thanks .
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Re: Chesterton Walls by Anonymous on Sunday, 25 December 2022
Thank you White Rider for your efforts in ensuring the history/archeology of the sites is not lost. OK to include your details in my gazetteer of SE Shropshire’s hillforts. due acknowledgement is included in the introduction and within the text.
Regards,
Bernard OCONNOR
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Re: Chesterton Walls by Anonymous on Tuesday, 03 March 2015
Visited today,March 3rd 2015. The footpath now extends all the way round the earthwork.At the South East lower section there is a set of steps carved out of the solid sandstone which must be quite ancient.

Shropshire have improved access to this by rebuilding a bridge over the stream at Littlegain and two platforms over the boggy ground.

There is a good two hour walk from The Royal Oak on the Bridgnorth Road,via well signed footpaths all round the fort and then through Chesterton,(full of interesting architecture,including the remains of a medieval chapel),through woods,along bridle tracks,past an ancient stone sheep pound,the remains of another ancient chapel,past a fantastic Baroque house, Rudge Hall,complete with Capability Brown landscape and on to the village of Pattingham. Good pubs at the beginning and the end of the walk! What more could one want
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Re: Chesterton Walls by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 April 2012
did you know that the walls is a scout camp site organised in 1950 at a rent of one shilling per year for 100 years. i have camped there many times as a a boy and still visit the site at intervals, regards, mick pilsbury
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Re: Chesterton Walls by TheWhiteRider on Saturday, 08 July 2006
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Condition:4
Ambience:4
Access:2

Chesterton Walls is a large Iron Age univallate hillfort, enclosing an area of around 22 acres. It lies on high ground between two streams South of the tiny village of Chesterton. A footpath runs across a section of the site, but private property signs stipulate that you must keep to the footpath so a detailed exploration is impossible. We found the best parking to be next to the phone box in Chesterton. From here there is a brief walk to the footpath which leads through what may be the original entrance. You are here presented with the impressively large interior of the fort. You must then turn left, to keep to the footpath, and walk along the remains of the Eastern rampart. In places this has been reduced by ploughing, but in other sections it still appears impressive. Glimpses of the height of the bank and depth of the outer ditch are possible through the dense trees and undergrowth, suggesting that this was a well defended site. The footpath leaves the fort in the SE and descends to a small annexe section, with its own defensive bank, before crossing the confluence of the streams.

Roman coins and a gold ring have been discovered at the site.

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