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Burf Castle
Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0045
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0045 (45)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Shropshire
- Historic county
- Shropshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Claverley
- National Grid reference
- SO 7628 9086
- Latitude
- 52.51509
- Longitude
- -2.35095
- Altitude
- 125 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- scrub or bracken and heath
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1976); Other (2012); Other (1976-1977); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1985-1990); Other (1993-2000)
Identifiers
- HER
- Shropshire 1259
- National record
- record SO 79 SE 7; monument 114602
- Wikidata
- Q31113100
Sources
References
- 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.
- Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 380, Institute of Historical Research.