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Knuck Wood

Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0042

Location

Atlas number
EN0042 (42)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Mainstone
National Grid reference
SO 276867
Latitude
52.47373
Longitude
-3.06728
Altitude
300 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.25 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1973); Other (1981); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1993-2000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1021363
HER
Shropshire 745
National record
record SO 28 NE 5; monument 105254
Wikidata
Q31113111

Sources

References

  1. Dorling, P. and Wigley, A. 2012. Assessment of the archaeological and conservation status of major later prehistoric enclosures in Herefordshire and Shropshire, EH PNUM, Version 3.2, Hereford and Shrewsbury: Herefordshire Council/Shropshire Council.
  2. Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 353, Institute of Historical Research.