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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bury Ditches (Shropshire)Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Bishops Castle
Map Ref: SO327837 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.447098N Longitude: 2.991633W
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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drolaf visited on 19th Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheWhiteRider TimPrevett Serenstar have visited here
. Parking is to the south east side, where the fort is entered by a prolonged 'inturned entrance', adding additional chance of defence to any attackers breaching the fort's gateway. The more western entrance relies upon the usual overlapping of ramparts and ditches for defence. There are four ramparts to the north, and only to on the south, where the land falls away more steeply. It is commonly felt that forts were in fact rarely used defensively, and intended more as a statement to impress visitors.
If you only ever visit one of the fifty plus Shropshire Hillforts, make it Bury Ditches. This picture gives some idea of the scale of the location. Since visiting here in March 2003 on a Megalithic Meet, I wanted to bring my family back. The sense or remoteness is astounding. Hills as far as can be seen in all directions. Not even roads nor towns can be seen. Just hills and trees. Even in the hefty shower which followed this, my family, who are not megalithically inclined, really enjoyed this visit and the superb views and ambience afforded by the location.
Note: The Landscape of Lower Down walk, Sat 24 July
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