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Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn)
Date Added: 14th Jun 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) submitted by TimPrevett on 6th Jan 2004. This is the more southerly of two hillforts in Shropshire named Caer Caradoc.
Looking S on the W Side, towards the Herefordshire border.
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Log Text: I grew up a couple of miles from this site and I have visited the hillfort hundreds of times. The earthworks are well preserved with several ditches at least one entrance. The fort is accessible via a footpath on either side, sheep roam over the hill and there is a fair bit of gorse growing on the top. Some people in the village say that the river Redlake got its name from a bloody battle that happened at the fort, which is upstream from the village of Bucknell. On a clear day looking towards the east from the “gates” you can see the standing stone of Pen-y-cwm.