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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shooting Box Disc Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 07 August 2004  Page Views: 9347

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Church Stretton  Nearest Village: Ratlinghope
Map Ref: SO421954
Latitude: 52.553347N  Longitude: 2.855386W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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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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

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TimPrevett : The best, most obvious barrow remaining on The Long Mynd, and the sole known example of a disc barrow in Shropshire. 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... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The best, most obvious barrow remaining on The Long Mynd, and the sole known example of a disc barrow in Shropshire

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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Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TheCaptain : The large barrow on the top of Long Mynd where the road crosses over. View looking south to Pole Bank, the highest point of the Long Mynd (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TheCaptain : The large barrow on the top of Long Mynd where the road crosses over. View looking west with Corndon Hill in the distance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by Bladup : Shooting Box Disc Barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by DrewParsons : September 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by DrewParsons : The Disk Barrow photographed in September 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TimPrevett : The best, most obvious barrow remaining on The Long Mynd, and the sole known example of a disc barrow in Shropshire. 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...

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