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<< Our Photo Pages >> Titterstone Clee Camp - Hillfort in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 15 February 2004  Page Views: 14548

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Titterstone Clee Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 8.513 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SO592779  Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.397586N  Longitude: 2.601052W
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.
no data 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.
3 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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Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : A rainbow above one of the vast ramparts at Titterstone Clee - Shropshire's largest hillfort. If you go here, try to see how many hills you can count... near impossible. (Assuming you can see - we ascended in thick cloud and driving rain which thankfully cleared over leaving us with showers). Amazing location. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Titterstone Clee Camp is the largest hillfort in Shropshire covering some 28 hectares, though parts of it are now lost due to 100 years plus quarrying, thankfully now ceased.

Two cairns, one mounted by an OS trig point at 533 metres above sea level, date the site to the Bronze Age signifying its usage before it was fortified. The N and E ramparts are seen as a broad continuous row of fallen dolerite stones. The southern ramparts are destroyed by the quarry, where the car park is now situated for easier access to the summit, which also is topped by white radar domes.
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Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : One of the roads on the summit has this rather obsolete sign... speaks for itself. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : Sitting to the NEE of Ludlow, the imposing figure of Titterstone Clee upon which sits the hillfort at SO592779. On this very murky day the greyness lifted just enough for me to be able to grab this picture of its silhouette from the top of St Laurence's Church Tower in the centre of Ludlow. Titterstone Clee Camp is the largest hillfort in Shropshire covering some 28 hectares, though parts of it... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : Around the north side of Titterstone Clee, we came across this deep excavation. Initially, I had thought it a robbed out cairn, but with hindsight, I believe it could have been an excavation trench - another example if further to south. Portal member, Wintertrees gestures to the feature - with the radar domes for air traffic control to the rear. (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by Antonine : The view at night - 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by Antonine : 2012

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Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by Humbucker : I think this may be the footprint of a cairn next to the summit path on Titterstone Clee. Right behind the radar workings.

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by Humbucker : The remains of the cairn next to the trig point on Titterstone Clee.

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : The old map incorrectly records several stone circles atop this fort; they are misinterpreted natural features, or incorrectly classified cairns. This cairn is mounted by the trig point. See the main entry for more details - click the blue highlighted text to the top left of the pic for more information.

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : The old map incorrectly records several stone circles atop this fort; they are misinterpreted natural features, or incorrectly classified cairns. In the case of these stones one can perhaps understand why The Giant's Chair is to the rear, and Brown Clee Hill in the far distance - home to the near completely destroyed Abdon Burf hillfort. See the main entry for more details - click the blue highlig...

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : On the southern side are the remains of a trench still uncovered from an archaeological dig in 1932, completely penetrating the rampart. It was this dig that enabled four phases of construction to be ascertained for this hillfort.

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : Looking NE from the higher part of Titterstone Clee, over the huge, wide stone rampart. The hill in the distance is Brown Clee Hill, home to the remains of Abdon Burf hillfort. You may be able to make out some steam to the left horizon - this is from Buildwas Power Station.

Titterstone Clee Camp
Titterstone Clee Camp submitted by TimPrevett : Quarrying can seriously damage your ancient monument. This enormous quarry, now stopped, which has eaten into a huge part of the even more huge Titterstone Clee hillfort. The site now has radar domes in the middle as part of air traffic control.

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