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Middleton Hill
Date Added: 19th Apr 2025
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Middleton Hill submitted by George998 on 20th Apr 2025. Facing southwest.
The most prominent barrow is on the right of the track, 15 meters away.
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Stapeley Hill Earthworks
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stapeley Hill Earthworks submitted by TimPrevett on 6th May 2005. Showing one of the Bronze Age earthworks that completely traverses Stapeley Hill east to west here; I've marked a line just under the dark green cross dyke here to help the unfamiliar spot the feature. See the main entry for more details - click the blue highlighted text to the top left of the pic for more information.
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Stapeley Hill Cairn
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stapeley Hill Cairn submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Dec 2004. A cairn on Stapeley Hill; see main entry for full details - click on blue text link to the left of the picture.
A composite shot looking towards Corndon Hill, and Mitchell's Fold (out of view).
It was snowing hard at this point on Midwinter Solstice Eve, and even I was questioning my sanity about being in this exposed, beautiful and dramatic landscape.
A biting wind meant I did not stay here for any longer than necessary to get a shot, but on subsequent trips, it will be worth spending tim...
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Giant's Grave (Shropshire)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Giant's Grave (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 21st Jan 2006. Picture is at the front of the recess into the hill, known as Giant's Grave, or Cave,which has been postulated as a possible dolmen. We thought that very unlikely, though with stones across the entrance, a shelter for the living seemed more possible as the hill blocks the prevailing SW, or W winds. The landowner seemed delighted with our visit, and gave us permission, and as much information as he knew.
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Holywell Brook (Rorrington)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 5 Access 3
Holywell Brook (Rorrington) submitted by TimPrevett on 12th Jul 2005. On the far north end of Stapeley Hill, two springs close to each other emanate from the hillside, converging into one brook.
For centuries these springs were venerated, even as late as the 19th Century. On Holy Thursday, there would be a procession here, and the springs decorated and dressed. Ritual dropping of pins into the water, drinking of a brew made from water and sugar, and eating of cakes were observed. All this followed by a fair in Rorrington village itself.
Source: Stapeley Hill H...
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Castle Ring (Rorrington)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Castle Ring (Rorrington) submitted by TimPrevett on 12th Jul 2005. One of a number of monuments called Castle Ring; this one near Rorrington just north west of Stapeley Hill.
Just one ring surrounds this hilltop, with glorious views. Access is not obvious, so follow the route on the map, and when going through the wood, mind your footing. Tripping hazards abound.
A lovely remote place. Even though, while I was here on midsummer eve, a man on a quad bike came riding on a track to the south. If I recall correct, he was the brother of the landowner. We discuss...
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Botley Stone
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Botley Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 16th May 2004. Picture shows the ring cairn in the foreground, looking north into the forest.
Botley Stone is classified as the remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn. What is visible now, is a hollowed out grass ring; upon closer inspection a good number of angular rocks are visible under the grass. Ring cairns are very rare in Shropshire, and given that all other burial monuments upon The Long Mynd are barrows comprised of earth (some with varying degrees of stones or kerbing surviving) of, this ring cairn is...
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Log Text: Actually located about 100m west of where the icon is shown on the megalithic map.
Pen-Y-Wern Hill
Date Added: 25th Jan 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pen-Y-Wern Hill submitted by Firewhorl on 7th Jun 2004. Pen-Y-Wern Hill, Shropshire
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The Lawley (Summit)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Lawley (Summit) submitted by TheWhiteRider on 12th Jun 2006. The summit of The Lawley.
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The Lawley (Northern)
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Lawley (Northern) submitted by TheWhiteRider on 12th Jun 2006. Cross Ridge Dyke and ditch at SW end, bisected by original causeway and entrance.
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The Whetstones
Date Added: 25th Jan 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Whetstones submitted by Hippie on 19th Jun 2002. Ruined cairn / stone circle to north side of Corndon Hill
See main site entry for details.
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Ritton Castle
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 1
Ritton Castle submitted by TheWhiteRider on 30th May 2006. Ritton Castle. Taken last July, this part of the bank near the footpath is almosty completely obscured by grasses and trees.
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Mitchell's Fold outlier
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mitchell's Fold outlier submitted by Humbucker on 4th Jan 2018. The outlier to Mitchells Fold with Corndon Hill as a backdrop. When the ferns are in full glory it can be pretty difficult to locate this stone at all.
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Cow Stone (Shropshire)
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cow Stone (Shropshire) submitted by baz on 19th Jan 2003. The Cow Stone or "Dead Cow". SO308988.
Approx. 400 yards N.E. of Mitchells Fold stone circle, beside the path leading from the circle to Stapeley Hill, lies the Cow Stone, or "Dead Cow". In the 1920s, chippings were analyzed from this stone, one from Mitchells Fold and four from the Hoarstones stone circle, which lies just over one mile away to the N.E. They were all found to be of dolerite, a vein of which runs through the area. Two miles to the south was the Cwm Mawr dolerite stone axe factor...
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Bury Ditches (Shropshire)
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bury Ditches (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Feb 2006. A composite of 3 shots, looking south at the eastern entrance of Bury Ditches. John & Lynne K here help give a sense of scale.
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Robin Hood's Butts (Shropshire)
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Robin Hood's Butts (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Apr 2004. A pair of round barrows 150 feet apart on the northern edge of The Long Mynd, bearing the same name of many other pairs of barrows throughout England.
The best preserved barrow is 110 feet in diameter, and 12 feet high, and fairly accessible, though a trouser clad trek through the heather is necessary. Its northern edge is bisected by a field boundary. Though now defined by a barbed wire fence, the boundary is thought likely to be of prehistoric origin.
The other barrow is some 60 feet acr...
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Hoarstones
Date Added: 6th Apr 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hoarstones submitted by Postman on 1st Apr 2018. The sun came out at last and made the whole scene far too bright, it was almost painful to look.
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St Blane's Chapel (Isle of Bute)
Date Added: 16th Feb 2025
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Scotland (Isle of Bute)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Blane's Chapel (Isle of Bute) submitted by Anne T on 8th Oct 2017. This cross-base/socket stone is embedded within the ground in the lower (southern part) of the graveyard. There is apparently another cross base 70m north of the chancel, although we were unable to find this.
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Castlerigg
Date Added: 16th Feb 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Castlerigg submitted by Pressure on 9th Nov 2022. Castlerigg October 22
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Wildmoor Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wildmoor Bowl Barrow submitted by TheWhiteRider on 26th Jun 2006. Wildmoor Bowl Barrow.
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