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Re: Croft Ambrey by Anonymous on Friday, 13 September 2002

(Comment from "Walker in the High Places".)

After Bury Ditches, this is the most magical & moving Site in the Marches.

Work out the relationship between this settlement and Pyon Wood Camp, then imagine the control exerted here over the Lugg valley below.
Ostorius Scapula burned the settlement in the 1st century as the Romans swept into Wales; but it's not inconceivable that Ambrosius Aurelianus briefly re-occuppied in the Dark Ages, hence the name.

Although the crest of the site is beautiful and desolate, do not go up here alone: like Bury Ditches, this place is not without its whispered echoes of past terrors... you can VERY quickly find yourself glancing over your shoulder as dusk draws in.

Look for the Spring, BTW - it is off the beaten track, but a holy little place to come across.

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