<< Our Photo Pages >> Caynham Camp - Hillfort in England in Shropshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Caynham CampCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SO545737 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.359458N Longitude: 2.66955W
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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The camp is univallate and has an annex at the western end with a bank between the main body of the fort and the annex. It has been suggested there was an entrance on the northern side as well as the main one to the east. The walls were faced with stone with wooden palisade on top. There were three or four major periods of development between about 600BCE to 100BCE. Excavations between 1956 and 1961 revealed circular houses and granaries. Leyland believed there was a mediaeval castle here, but this was not the case. It is also said that Cromwell camped here during the siege of Ludlow in 1646. Another legend is that the camp was called Castle Key, Kensham Castle or Keyenhom Castle. Joce de Dinan and seven thousand men occupied this castle prior to laying siege to Walter de Lacy and his troops in Ludlow Castle in 1144. According to Fulk Fitzwarren, the castle was built by Kay, however, as stated above there is no evidence of any such building on the site.
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