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Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Apr 2004. The best, most obvious barrow remaining on The Long Mynd, and the sole known example of a disc barrow in Shropshire.
It covers a circular area some 170 feet in diameter, with an outer raised heather-covered ring circa 15 feet wide, and the inner green mound 60 feet across and up to 8 feet high.
It is so named due a grouse shooting box that was on its northern side until 1992; it now leaves a large depression in the green mound, with a similar depression on the east side, suggesting another...
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Log Text: Been here so many times. Grew up in Stretton and still go back there walking over the Long Mynd very often. Always stop to have a sit and a coffee whenever I go past it.
The hut got removed due to drug addicts using it. Or so everybody in Stretton says.
You can park right next to the barrow however the road up from Church Stretton is up the Burway which is a terrifying road (I've seen 3 cars come off the Burway and roll down into Cardingmill Valley). The other way to park next to it is to come up the other side of the Mynd, near Ratlinghope, up past the Bridges pub.
Otherwise, you can come up on the other road (you can get to the road from Leebotwood, join it from the road above Inwood, or you can get to it from the Bridges pub too) and park by Duckley Nap. It's then about 10 to 15 minutes walk to the Shooting Box. One of the pluses of parking at Duckley Nap is that it's by the Robin Hood's Butts barrows. Also, on the path from there to the Shooting Box you will walk past another round barrow (I believe it's Long Mynd C as listed on megalithic.)
Alternatively, in the summer you can catch the shuttle bus up to the Shooting Box. Or if you want a really good walk, you can walk to it from Stretton.
Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Apr 2004. The best, most obvious barrow remaining on The Long Mynd, and the sole known example of a disc barrow in Shropshire.
It covers a circular area some 170 feet in diameter, with an outer raised heather-covered ring circa 15 feet wide, and the inner green mound 60 feet across and up to 8 feet high.
It is so named due a grouse shooting box that was on its northern side until 1992; it now leaves a large depression in the green mound, with a similar depression on the east side, suggesting another...
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Pentre Ifan
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Pentre Ifan submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. PENTRE IFAN CHAMBERED LONG CAIRN WITH FORECOURT
NGR: SN09953702 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath. One of the most spectacular and famous monuments of its type it consists of a tilted capstone perched on three uprights. A blocking stone obstructs the doorway and a semi-circular forecourt is found at the southern end. Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be fou...
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Llech Y Dribedd
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Llech Y Dribedd submitted by cerrig on 24th May 2011. Another image from Robin Heath's course, this one taken on a site visit to Llech y Drybedd.
This cheeky fellow on the right followed us around all day, getting into as many photo's as he could. Some people!
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Carreg Coetan Arthur
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Carreg Coetan Arthur submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. CARREG COETAN ARTHUR TRIPOD DOLMEN
NGR: SN06093930 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located close to the centre of Newport in Pembrokeshire with public access. Although called a tripod dolmen four uprights exist - only two of which support the capstone (which is said to replicate the summit of Carn Ingli to the south).
Excavations have revealed cremated bone, Beaker and Grooved ware sherds.
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Pentre Ifan
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Pentre Ifan submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. PENTRE IFAN CHAMBERED LONG CAIRN WITH FORECOURT
NGR: SN09953702 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath. One of the most spectacular and famous monuments of its type it consists of a tilted capstone perched on three uprights. A blocking stone obstructs the doorway and a semi-circular forecourt is found at the southern end. Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be fou...
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Carn Ingli Mountain Fort
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Carn Ingli Mountain Fort submitted by vicky on 4th Nov 2003. A view of the hillfort of Carn Ingli from the east.
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Carn Ingli Mountain IA Settlement
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
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Bedd Morris
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Bedd Morris submitted by enkidu41 on 3rd Jun 2004. SN 0382 3650
A 6'6" high menhir which tapers to a point.
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Porth-y-Rhaw
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Porth-y-Rhaw submitted by pattersa on 17th Oct 2011. View of the promontory fort at Porth-y-Rhaw from the coastal path from the east
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Crn Llwyd Stone
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes
Crn Llwyd Stone submitted by pab on 24th Jan 2013. Looking over Crn Llwyd stone up to Carn Ingli.
24 January 2013
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Carn Ferched Standing Stones
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Carn Ferched Standing Stones submitted by Hurricane_Luis on 23rd Mar 2013. Carn Ferched Standing Stones, Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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Caer Caradoc Round Barrow
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
Caer Caradoc Round Barrow submitted by TheWhiteRider on 12th Jun 2006. Caer Caradoc Round Barrow with The Lawley and Hoar Ridge in the distance.
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The Lawley (Northern)
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
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 Lawley (Summit)
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
The Lawley (Summit) submitted by TheWhiteRider on 12th Jun 2006. The summit of The Lawley.
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Pole Cottage
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
Pole Cottage submitted by TimPrevett on 24th Jan 2006. One of the more easy to spot barrows on The Long Mynd, just west of the Pole Cottage parking area.
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Bodbury Ring
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
Bodbury Ring submitted by TimPrevett on 24th Apr 2004. A small univallate hillfort, survivng from the Iron Age as a ring with a commanding view across the area. It possibly incorporates an earlier cross dyke.
The Ring immediately overlooks Carding Mill Valley, cared for by the National Trust, on the eastern edge of The Long Mynd, also under the NT's care.
Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) and The Lawley are to its east, and The Wrekin is obvious on the skyline to the north-east. All these are also the sites of hillforts and settlements.
In the...
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Hope Bowdler Hill
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
Hope Bowdler Hill submitted by TheWhiteRider on 29th May 2006. Bronze Age Cairn on Hope Bowdler Hill.
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Wildmoor Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2013
Wildmoor Bowl Barrow submitted by TheWhiteRider on 26th Jun 2006. Wildmoor Bowl Barrow.
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The Stiperstones
Date Added: 24th Nov 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes
The Stiperstones submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Jun 2004. A cairn just north east of Manstone Rock.
"The Stiperstones" is the name for a hill on the far west reaches of Shropshire, well into The Welsh Marches, overlooking the Welsh border. It is the second highest hill in Shropshire, affording superb views in all directions, and having several bronze age cairns along its ridge.
The cairns themselves, excepting the largest, can be quite hard to locate. At a very reductionist level, they are basically piles of stone amidst a whole ridge of piles of...
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