<< Our Photo Pages >> Upton Magna - Timber Circle in England in Shropshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upton MagnaCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Timber Circle
Nearest Town: Shrewsbury
Map Ref: SJ555144 Landranger Map Number: 126
Latitude: 52.725404N Longitude: 2.660336W
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 site of the long lost timber circle between Upton Magna and Uffington (Shrops), not far from Haughmond Abbey.
Nothing there to see now - and seeing the 'empty' field is difficult enough; there is a fairly deep ditch between road and hedge, which when I visited was full of summer growth of brambles and nettles.
The siting is placed clearly within view of the near omnipresent (for Shropshire) Wrekin, Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton), Long Mynd, Wenlock Edge.
It is a gentle sloping field with views to the north obscured by the rise of Haughmond Hill.
The NMR records it just as an 'uncertain enclosure', while the 1880s map does record a feature at this position.
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