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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mitchell's Fold Alternative Name: Medgel's Fold, Mitchells Fold
Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Stone Circle
 Nearest Village: Chirbury
Map Ref: SO30429837  Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.578673N  Longitude: 3.028248W
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.
 5 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.
 4 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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w650marion visited on 21st Dec 2024 Winter Solstice sunset, a glimpse of the sun for a few minutes before it disappeared behind clouds and below the horizon. Four friendly strangers in attendance on the very cold and windy site.

reuniclus visited on 1st Jul 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Saw nobody else up there on a windy day, very pretty and atmospheric spot

bishop_pam visited on 3rd Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

George998 visited on 20th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

RichFox visited on 28th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 My personal favorite of all stone circles I have visited, not least because it is on my family's doorstep. I first came across Mitchells Fold around 12 years ago when I was still living in Shrewsbury. I had driven to the area for a walk and was startled by the impressive ring of stones, having no idea it was there. A truly magnificent, atmospheric experience, no matter the conditions.

Mikestavros visited on 5th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Lovely location, with stunning views all around.

wildtalents visited on 23rd Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I first visited Mitchell's Fold in the summer of 2007 when a great deal of the countryside was closed down by foot-and-mouth disease. There were guys in white plastic overalls in the nearest town. Stern signs warned against it, but we snuck onto the site anyway. If there had been any animals we could turn back, but there weren't. (In normal times you will always meet one or two dog walkers, loads of space for the most energetic pup to wear herself out.) Since then I've been back a couple of times, both times in 2018. There's a few ways to get to the site and there is a disabled parking space very nearby if memory serves. The last time I visited, in June 2018, a bunch of about ten or twelve of us walked there from the Satipanya retreat centre, about a mile-and-half away, bang on the border between Wales and Shropshire. It's a very pretty part of the country and makes for a splendid location even if the circle itself has been tampered with considerably over the years. The setting is worth a visit on it's own and the stones have a real sense of resilience. I seem to remember that Paul Devereux and his team did some of their research there and the suggestion was that the most prominent stone had unusual electromagnetic properties. I'll check Places Of Power and edit this entry if it needs clarification (the book is currently in a box somewhere while I prepare to move house).

TwinFlamesKiss visited on 1st Dec 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2

SumDoood visited on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

graemefield visited on 6th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1998 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

bat400 visited on 1st May 1988 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

FrothNinja visited on 1st May 1975 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.42 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 3.58

Mitchell's Fold
Mitchell's Fold submitted by Orpbit : The Lion Roared at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the Equinox and I roared back. After 14 years of researching the site I finally got the one image I really wanted. Almost perfect weather, yet I was the only one there to observe sunrise on this Spring Equinox of 2025, except for a local couple doing a morning walk, who caught up with me walking down the track back to my car. Pity we didn't bump i... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Perched on a flat shelf between Corndon Hill to the south and Stapeley Hill to the north-east, Mitchells Fold offers panoramic views towards Wales to the west. Fifteen stones remain from a possible thirty. The tallest is just short of two metres high.

An outlier is between the circle and Corndon Hill, with a cairn to the NE.

Nearby to the east were recorded three standing stones - Druid's Castle, and to the south, a ruined circle just within Powys - The Whetstones.

Orpbit writes: On the morning of the 18th March 2025 I did a test run for the sunrise at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the 20th, which proved reasonably successful. However, the weather forecast for the 22nd is very poor so I went back to catch the moonrise at a little before midnight. I took shots from the centre of the circle and from next to Stone 8.

Note: Orpbit writes: The Lion Roared at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the Equinox and I roared back. After 14 years of researching the site I finally got the one image I really wanted. More details in our forum and corroborating simulation images now added to this page by David Hoyle
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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset from the north west arc of the circle, looking south west, February 2006. This is a much visited and photographed circle, so I am always looking for new angles, or showing stones not so commonly featured. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : Summer Solstice 2005 at Mitchell's Fold. While we were cheated of a glimpse of the sun itself when it emerged behind Stapeley Hill high to the NE around 5.10 am, the preceeding colours in the clouds were every bit as worth it. I had originally planned to be at Druids Circle in North Wales, but for a number of reasons ended up at Mitchell's Fold. (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : * A * Best Photo with a Summer Solstice theme The firey glow in the sky, as a family cluster around a stone at sunrise on midsummer solstice, 2005. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Bladup : The exquisite Mitchell's Fold stone circle. This Original Artwork in a glass frame is £39.99 + Postage (Just whatever it costs), and is 15 and a half cm x 12 cm. A limited (to a 100) edition print in a 8" x 10" glass frame would be £19.99 + £2.90 postage, E-mail me at [email protected] if interested. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Anne266 : This is another picture done in coloured pencil. I can't seem to get the hang of paint, completely uncontrollable to me. Again it is from a photograph by Homer Sykes. This is part of Mitchells Fold Stone Circle. I am trying to get myself a portfolio together so I hope to submit more in the future. (2 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by RichFox : Picture of my daughter's first visit to Mitchells Fold a few weeks back, whilst visiting the grandparents in Shropshire. I thought the blustery wind gave a nice bit of movement against the stillness of the stones.

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Orpbit : The Giant's cattle are still there! Many cattle scratch against this stone. English Heritage did an excellent job replacing this vandalised stone - they needed to! This is a reduced version of the original image taken 2 August 2012. (3 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : Summer Solstice 2005 at Mitchell's Fold. The two luminaries did a wonderful job here. Great to have them at opposing places in the sky as the sun set, then the moon curved above Corndon Hill during the night. My camera did not pick this up brilliantly, but with some tweeking I've managed to give this something to see. Is the brighter of these stars a planet? What profoundly impacted me, is that ... (2 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : Looking west into Powys (the part formerly known as Montgomeryshire), awaiting the sun, 21st December 2004. The hues of greys and blues into the distance were almost melancholy, but somehow comforting. Who needs direct sun for an atmospheric dawn and sunrise? ;-) (3 comments)

Mitchell's Fold
Mitchell's Fold submitted by baz : Mitchells Fold Stone Circle,nr Priestweston,Shrops.(SO305983) Perched on a flat shelf between Corndon Hill to the south and Stapeley Hill to the north-east, Mitchells Fold offers panoramic views towards Wales to the west. About thirteen stones remain from a possible thirty. The tallest is just short of two metres high. (6 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Postman : 20/3/18 07.40 am.

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by jackdaw1 : Dream and bathe in an early morning at Mitchell's Fold,Salop. D200,Nikkor 300mm.

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by stevep : Mitchell`s fold looking north. An interesting legend about this site comes from charlotte burn`s "shropshire folklore"(1883): "in times gone by, before anyone now living can remember,there was once a dreadful famine all about thus country, and the people had like to have been clemmed. there were many more living in this part then, than what there are now and times were very bad indeed. and all th... (1 comment)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by w650marion : Mitchell’s Fold Circle for the setting sun on the winter solstice of 2022. 25 minutes before the event we had torrential rain and dark skies! But then it cleared and it was quite lovely. (2 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Bladup : Mitchell's Fold stone circle.

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Mitchell's fold submitted by jackdaw1 : Site in Shropshire: Alive.

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by TimPrevett : Waiting for the inevitable, Summer Solstice 2005 at Mitchell's Fold. While we were cheated of a glimpse of the sun itself when it emerged behind Stapeley Hill high to the NE around 5.10 am, the preceeding colours in the clouds were every bit as worth it. I usually like solitude or few people at ancient sites, but on these occasions I do enjoy the social side, and wanted to capture something of the... (6 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by azy : Map Ref: SO304983 Landranger Map Number: 137 (2 comments)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by PaulM : The tallest stone at Mitchell's Fold stone circle. (1 comment)

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Orpbit : Spring equinox 2025 is on 20th March and the Moon extreme southern standstill is on 22nd March. On the morning of the 18th I did a test run for the sunrise at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the 20th, which proved reasonably successful. However, the weather forecast for the 22nd is very poor so I went back to catch the moonrise at a little before midnight. It was pitch dark there and setting up wa... (1 comment)

Mitchell's Fold
Mitchell's Fold submitted by Orpbit : And finally, the sunset on a false horizon created by that thick and dark bank of cloud. But that became a challenge to guess exactly when the sun's lower limb actually "touched" the true physical horizon. Not bad, I was within one second of the time as checked after by using David Hoyle's LiDAR based Stellarium landscape. David has now updated the Cranberry Rock feature to match my photographic i...

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Postman : The one good stone, Mitchell's Fold, Spring equinox 2018.

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Postman : Spring equinox 2018

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Mitchell's Fold submitted by Bladup : Mitchell's Fold stone circle. (2 comments)

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Re: Mitchells Fold by DavidHoyle on Saturday, 24 December 2022
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The mid summer sunrise in 2500BC rose directly behind the Stapeley Hill Cairn (52.5847895784542,-3.01586773097176).

There are probably lots of secrets of this circle that are less obvious than this.
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Drone Aerial photography of Mitchells Fold stone circle by Andy B on Thursday, 03 November 2022
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This aerial video of Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle was taken by professional Ludlow photographer, Kevin Didlick in 2015. Kevin used a remote-controlled quadcopter fitted with a digital video camera to capture high-quality footage of the stones.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVlXBBZWNYM

The person who commissioned the aerial photos claims they show Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle is not ancient as the medieval ridge and furrow passes straight through it.

http://www.ludlow-eye.com/?p=1249

He also quotes Aubrey Burl: In his 2005 book A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Burl obliquely remarks that - "aerial photographs have revealed mediaeval ridge-and-furrow plough-marks not only running up to the ring, but also through it as though this ‘prehistoric’ megalithic ring might postdate the Middle Ages! It does not." (My emphasis. )

So we don't think Mitchell’s Fold is a modern construction but there is something odd going on with the ridge and furrow - does anyone know?

See also
https://landscapeandmonumentality.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/mitchells-fold-prehistoric-monument-or-modern-hoax/
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    Re: Drone Aerial photography of Mitchells Fold stone circle by w650marion on Tuesday, 14 January 2025
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    From Historic England Research Records-
    "The upstanding stones of the Bronze Age stone circle known as Mitchell's Fold (described above) were seen on aerial photographs at SO 3041 9837. The stone circle is surrounded by and cut through by cultivation ridges which have been dated to the Medieval period. The ridges run between the stones and were originally thought to pre-date the stone circle. However, field survey work has now dated the rig to the Medieval period and suggest the cultivation ridges were threaded between the stones. These features were mapped at 1:10,000 scale for the RCHME: Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (10-11)"

    www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=107448&resourceID=19191
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Re: Mitchell's Fold by Orpbit on Sunday, 06 November 2016
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Never mind Tony Robinson!

Coming soon Land Between Lands docu: two trailers to watch of a short promotional video for the Project, combining professional and local voluntary cooperation.

https://www.facebook.com/Smnfilm (intro with Joe Penfold - scroll down a bit to click on the video link)

Alternative if above doesn't work for you:

https://vimeo.com/188182542

https://vimeo.com/183887196 (inspiring territory)

http://www.stiperstonesandcorndon.co.uk/programme-2-land-between-lands/

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Re: Mitchells Fold by Anonymous on Sunday, 30 December 2012
Hey all - i think i am overlooking the directions to get there?
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    Re: Mitchells Fold by golux on Monday, 31 December 2012
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    Try the External Links near the top of the page, they include various maps. Here's a map centred on this site from the excellent wheresthepath website. You will see at least two tracks run through the circle, 740m from the road which runs through the village of The Marsh.



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Report on a day at Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle from the Dog Rose Trust by Andy B on Wednesday, 06 April 2011
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Interpretation Day about Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle, May 15, 2002

Although this was carried out some time ago, the methods used and the lessons learned still apply. This is a report on the Interpretation Day together with recommendations for such events.

A meeting was held at Priest Weston Village Hall to discuss the best way to interpret Stapeley Hill in general and Mitchell's Fold in particular to people who are blind and visually impaired.

Nigel McDonald opened the meeting by asking the group, as he had in his initial outline of the project which has been circulated, how they would get their message across to their intended audience. The question was also asked 'what does Mitchell's Fold mean to you and how would you convey it to others, especially those who cannot see?' It was agreed that the important feature of the area was its atmosphere and the reasons for this needed to be explored.

Stephen Harding believed it was a magical place, a place where something is about to happen; Jill Mayhew stressed the sense of history and that there was always something to learn; emphasis on the long-time span was important. For Eric Sayce the starting point is myths and legends about the area, in particular the one of the cow and the witch as this can be followed up by a visit to Middleton-in-Chirbury church. James Lanyon thought that the visitor should be left alone at first to feel the atmosphere and initially make up their own minds about their feelings about it.

More at
http://www.dogrose-trust.org.uk/project.htm?id=303

The Dog Rose Trust was founded in 1995 by an architect, Peter Howell, and an architectural historian, Julia Ionides. Its mission is to research and develop means of improving access, interpretation and understanding of the environment - rural and urban, natural and built - with a special emphasis on architecture and art, and particularly for those with visual impairments.
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Re: Mitchells Fold by Andy B on Monday, 04 October 2010
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Another Bed & Breakfast in the area is Priest Weston, a little west and downhill from Mitchell's Fold, about 20 minutes walk away

For more details contact:
Quarry House
Priestweston
Powys
SY15 6DF

Tel 01938 561 397
Fax 01938 561 327
e-mail [email protected]
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    Re: Mitchells Fold B&B by TimPrevett on Saturday, 26 February 2011
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    Have stayed here twice years ago and can recommend the service, venue and food! Have just phoned up as the email bounces - they're still doing B&B.
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Re: Mitchell's Fold by flyyyer on Monday, 04 October 2010
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We now do Bed and Breakfast at our house, Druids Castle, only 300 yds from Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle on Stapeley Common. The road closure is well and gone (the hole has been filled some time ago) Come and visit this beautiful area. Tel 01588 650651 Web: http://www.druidscastle.co.uk e-mail [email protected]
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Re: Mitchell's Fold stone circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 February 2010
Up here in the snow at the start of January for the first time. I absolutely love this spot. It is very special and fits into the landscape sublimely. It feels powerful and joyous. Very very welcoming. Had fun in the temporary igloo !!
The farmer had stopped driving through the middle of it during the snow but he should not be driving through it at any time - it is a scheduled ancient monument and sacred to many people. Can anyone local try to stop him doing it? I live 100 miles away but am prepared to visit again to try to stop further damage to the site. I shall be visiting this sacred gem for the rest of my life in the certain knowledge that it will become more magnificent with every visit.

Rock on Mitchells Fold. We love you.

PS. Ambulance man still living up there . . .
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Re: Mitchell's Fold stone circle by coldrum on Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Pastscape:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=107448
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Mitchell's Fold stone circle on youtube by graemefield on Friday, 01 May 2009
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Re: Mitchell's Fold Access by Anonymous on Saturday, 17 May 2008
Hi there!

I am a university student who will be undertaking the first real analysis of Mitchell's Fold as a late Neolithic stone circle for my dissertation which I am currently just beginning. I just wondered if I could have a few comments from people here about what they beleive is the significance of the circle? It would be very helpful.

Thankyou x
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    Re: Mitchell's Fold Access by Orpbit on Thursday, 23 August 2012
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    I'd be interested to know the results of your analysis. Has your dissertation been published and is it available to access to read or download?

    My study is archaeoastronomical with an emphasis on the astronomy, rather than the cultural - which apart from the myths is of course almost entirely unrecorded. The astronomy tells me that the circle is intimately connected to the wider landscape. Since March 2011 I have trekked and studied some 390 square miles in general and some 40 square miles in detail. Using various methods of astronomical dating, I speculate that main activity at the site ranges from some 3500 BC to 1200 BC at which time it's main purpose was likely abandoned. That doesn't mean, of course that the Circle in totality as we see it actually existed throughout that period. More likely it evolved over a long period, requiring initially only to have been selected as an important observational location, and eventually attained cultural significance as a "sacred site".
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      Re: Mitchell's Fold Access by tiompan on Thursday, 23 August 2012
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      Hello Orpbit , I was interested in having a look at your survey image but can't get the image enlarged . Is it me getting something wrong ?

      George
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        Re: Mitchell's Fold Access by Orpbit on Thursday, 23 August 2012
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        I think there was a glitch but AndyB appears to have fixed it. Clicking on the image should now get you to my page where you can also now read the full decription.

        Orpbit
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        Re: Mitchell's Fold Access by tiompan on Thursday, 23 August 2012
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        Thanks folks .
        George
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Mitchell's Fold Access by TimPrevett on Friday, 23 February 2007
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A road was sealed off after an old mine shaft collapsed on a Powys hillside. It will not reopen until early next month, say officials. A hole, around 50ft across and 30ft deep (9m by 15m), opened up at Priestweston, near Montgomery, on Sunday morning.

Take a look at this picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1171810472/img/1.jpg

and the outline of Corndon Hill is to the rear, and the rocky outcrop near The Whetstones is visible, placing the road closure right on the corner where most folk will have come off the Shrewsbury Bishop's Castle road. Assuming car access is still achievable, a more circuitous route through Priestweston Village, or on foot across Stapeley hill, would be needed.

Article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6389705.stm
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Re: Mitchell's Fold by Anonymous on Sunday, 14 January 2007
one evening aboout 10 yrs ago after dark i saw the ghost of a knight and
his stead.
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Re: Mitchell's Fold by coldrum on Saturday, 06 January 2007
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http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=solstice&recipe=all&scope=all&edition=d
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Re: Mitchell's Fold by Anonymous on Wednesday, 11 January 2006
Visited the site today and was concerned to find the legend plaque partly unscrewed and at an angle and to discover that a large stone, certainly not a local dolerite, had been placed at the center of the circle.
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Re: Mitchells Fold Theft by TimPrevett on Monday, 13 June 2005
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If you could please get in touch with me; there were five of us also at Mitchell's Fold (and Stapeley Hill) on Sunday 12th June; one of our cars was broken into and many hundreds of pounds worth of megalithic earth mysteries books, journals, hundreds of slides, and irreplaceable personal items were stolen. E-mail me [email protected] please.

We too observed what you did; the stone was also 'covering up' fire damage from about two months ago in the centre of the circle.

Thanks

Tim
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Re: Mitchells Fold by Anonymous on Sunday, 12 June 2005
Visited the site today and was concerned to find the legend plaque partly unscrewed and at an angle and to discover that a large stone, certainly not a local dolerite, had been placed at the center of the circle.
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Re: Mitchells Fold by TimPrevett on Friday, 04 February 2005
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... and also see here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/weather/gallery/winter_gallery_christmas_2004_28.shtml
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Re: Mitchells Fold by TimPrevett on Friday, 04 February 2005
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It's a shame I couldn't get to the circle 30 mins earlier on Solstice Eve - this was the sunrise about a mile away on that day... see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/weather/gallery/winter_gallery_christmas_2004_25.shtml
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Re: Mitchells Fold by Andy B on Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Part of BBC Weird Shropshire feature:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/halloween/mitchells_fold.shtml
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Re: Mitchells Fold by TheWhiteRider on Saturday, 26 June 2004
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Condition:4
Ambience:5
Access:4
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Re: Mitchells Fold by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 16 December 2003
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/panoramic/mitchells_fold/index.shtml

You can see a 360 degree panoramic shot at this BBC Shropshire site.

Cheers

Tim
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