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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton)Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Church Stretton
Map Ref: SO477953 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.553017N Longitude: 2.772785W
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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w650marion visited on 18th Apr 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Wonderful views all around! The wind was cold and very strong, but you could find good calm shelter between the ramparts and the inner rocks where the ground was level and dry - a place for hut circles?
Couplands visited on 23rd Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2
George998 visited on 12th Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Marko visited on 27th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Another hillfort i've been meaning to visit for some time - and this time it was worth it!! Stiff climb up there,but worth the effort.I don't subscribe to the view that this was the site of Caratacus's last stand but i'm sure that he would have visited this hillfort - a site which must have been used a garrison/forward base against the Romans at Virconium.
DrewParsons TheWhiteRider TimPrevett Serenstar have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 2.5
Described by James Dyer a 'one of the most spectacularly sited hillforts in Britain'.
Caer Caradoc is a breathtaking location for a hillfort around the summit of this prominent hill to the south of Shrewsbury. One of two Caer Caradoc hillforts in Shropshire; the other much further to the SW.
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