<< Our Photo Pages >> Hope Bowdler Hill - Cairn in England in Shropshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hope Bowdler HillCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Church Stretton Nearest Village: Hope Bowdler
Map Ref: SO47779389
Latitude: 52.540349N Longitude: 2.771531W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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The remains of a Bronze Age cairn sit between the two high points of Hope Bowdler Hill. There are fantastic views all round, but in particular of Caer Caradoc and The Long Mynd. The cairn, which I have always rather ignored, until spotting a reference to it on English Heritage Pastscape, appears collapsed or robbed out.
Hope Bowdler Hill is a strenuous climb, but the views are worth it. Follow the footpath NE to Willstone Hill. Here are The Battlestones (named for Caratacus' last stand?), a natural outcrop of volcanic rock. At the other end of Hope Bowdler Hill is The Gaer Stone (Gaer meaning Fort), another impressive outcropping.
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