<< Our Photo Pages >> Bodbury Ring - Hillfort in England in Shropshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bodbury RingCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Church Stretton
Map Ref: SO445947 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.547306N Longitude: 2.819875W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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A small univallate hillfort, survivng from the Iron Age as a ring with a commanding view across the area. It possibly incorporates an earlier cross dyke. The Ring immediately overlooks Carding Mill Valley, cared for by the National Trust, on the eastern edge of The Long Mynd, also under the NT's care. Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) and The Lawley are to its east, and The Wrekin is obvious on the skyline to the north-east. All these are also the sites of hillforts and settlements.In the family room of the restaurant in Carding Mill Valley, there is an artist's impression of how Bodbury Ring, with Caer Caradoc behind it would have looked with huts, and pallisades upon their earthworks.
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