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Multi-periodSite Name: Pave Lane HillfortCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Chetwynd Aston
Map Ref: SJ756164
Latitude: 52.744667N Longitude: 2.36288W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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A small multivallate enclosure, possibly a hillfort or farmstead, lies just off Pave Lane. Virtually nothing of the site can be made out due to its inaccessibility. The only view of the site is from a small bridge crossing a stream. A gate leading to a neglected footpath was stuck shut and it would have been impossible to pass through without uprooting a large post. Despite nothing being visible on this visit part of the earthwork does survive and should be in the center of the photograph on the other side of the fence. In fact Archsearch reports that the earthwork used the natural features of the stream and gully to define its shape in this area. A large body of water, not shown on the OS map, appears to define the outside of the fort on its NW side.
Despite looking rather neglected the entire site is quite unusual for the area and has been excavated in the fairly recent past. Finds included a well preserved Iron Age cobbled surface, causeway entrance in the SW of the site and drip gullies inside the fort suggesting the existence of roundhouses.
Archsearch states: "The site is considered to be a good example of a comparatively rare site type in the West Midlands (where multi-ditched settlements are less common than single or double ditched ones), with preservation of significant buried deposits demonstrated."
An intriguing, if disappointing, visit. The condition of the public footpath here must be deplored and had it been more accessible a better view of the site would have been afforded.
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