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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Haughmond Hill CampCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Shrewsbury Nearest Village: Uffington
Map Ref: SJ537138
Latitude: 52.719859N Longitude: 2.686902W
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| 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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| 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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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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A univallate hillfort immediately to the east of Shrewsbury, situated upon Haughmond Hill.
It lies near the path running south from Haughmond Abbey, an Augustinian Abbey, now under the care of English Heritage.
Part of a rampart is vitrified - fused together by intense heat to increase strength (used in some Scottish hillforts such as Knockfarrel, Craig Phadraig, Finavon and Trusty's Hill, and Cronk Sumark on the Isle of Man). Here, it may be due to iron smelting, but it is not conclusive.
The construction of the ramparts also include materials not local to the site, which suggests to some that it may have been built upon an earlier structure.
The remaining ramparts are not that impressive, and to the unfamiliar, are not that obvious. The ramparts may well have not been finished.
The hill can be clearly seen from the west. If in the car, the best fleeting view is from the stretch of A49 that lies within a meander of the River Severn, where the picture was taken.
The views from the top are remarkable, with a wide panorama from the south east to the north west. Breiddin Hill, Cefn y Castell, The Wrekin, Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton), The Stiperstones, Earls Hill Camp, Grinshill, and more, are all visible.
The geology of Haughmond Hill is among the oldest stones one could get - 700-570 million years old Precambrian rocks; this is quarried on the north side of the hill, and known as greywacke and used in tarmac. One could be driving on road surfaces partially millions of years old from this site!
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