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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Strefford HengeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.638 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Craven Arms Nearest Village: Strefford
Map Ref: SO442858
Latitude: 52.467273N Longitude: 2.822803W
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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Henge in Shropshire
Crop marks show the only possible henge so far known within Shropshire. Measuring near 200 feet in diameter, 3 entrances can be detected across what would have been a wide ditch.
A little way north (300 feet or so) is a double line of five smaller crop marks, likely forming a timber avenue aligning with the henge.
Other crop marks in the area show smaller circular features - believed to be ploughed out round barrows.
The evidence, therefore, is strongly indicative of a henge monument when considering the landscape around other henges, such as Stonehenge, Avebury, or the also destroyed Mount Pleasant henge near Dorchester.
Please note the grid reference SO442858 is approximate.
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