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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shooting Box Disc BarrowCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Church Stretton Nearest Village: Ratlinghope
Map Ref: SO421954
Latitude: 52.553347N Longitude: 2.855386W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Serenstar visited on 23rd Nov 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Been here so many times. Grew up in Stretton and still go back there walking over the Long Mynd very often. Always stop to have a sit and a coffee whenever I go past it.
The hut got removed due to drug addicts using it. Or so everybody in Stretton says.
You can park right next to the barrow however the road up from Church Stretton is up the Burway which is a terrifying road (I've seen 3 cars come off the Burway and roll down into Cardingmill Valley). The other way to park next to it is to come up the other side of the Mynd, near Ratlinghope, up past the Bridges pub.
Otherwise, you can come up on the other road (you can get to the road from Leebotwood, join it from the road above Inwood, or you can get to it from the Bridges pub too) and park by Duckley Nap. It's then about 10 to 15 minutes walk to the Shooting Box. One of the pluses of parking at Duckley Nap is that it's by the Robin Hood's Butts barrows. Also, on the path from there to the Shooting Box you will walk past another round barrow (I believe it's Long Mynd C as listed on megalithic.)
Alternatively, in the summer you can catch the shuttle bus up to the Shooting Box. Or if you want a really good walk, you can walk to it from Stretton.
FrothNinja visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
hevveh TheCaptain DrewParsons TimPrevett Serenstar have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
It covers a circular area some 170 feet in diameter, with an outer raised heather-covered ring circa 15 feet wide, and the inner green mound 60 feet across and up to 8 feet high.
It is so named due a grouse shooting box that was on its northern side until 1992; it now leaves a large depression in the green mound, with a similar depression on the east side, suggesting another construction there.
The barrow dates between 1950 - 1700 BC, and finds of note here, but it is not far from The Port Way, a prehistoric track route, much in use for leisure activities today.
To the west the ridge of The Stiperstones can be seen, which has numerous cairns and outcrops atop its line, rich in wildlife, folklore and superstition.
Visible further to the west is Corndon Hill, which is very near the site of Cwm Mawr axe factory, and Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle.
From the barrow, the summits of The Wrekin (NE), and Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) to the east are visible.
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