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Caer Caradoc, Clun

Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0049

Caer Caradoc, Clun is a partial contour fort in Clun, Shropshire, England.

Other names on the record: Caer Caradoc, Chapel Lawn and Gaer Ditches.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 2.7 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 399 m, and facing northeast.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded (Artefactual).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1010723).

Location

Atlas number
EN0049 (49)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Clun
National Grid reference
SO 310758
Latitude
52.37583
Longitude
-3.01484
Altitude
399 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 2, SW 3, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
2.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); In-turned (West); Over-lapping (West); Oblique (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken
Water source
well or cistern

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms, other roundhouse evidence, and quarry hollows
Finds
lithics
Investigations
Other (1995); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1973-1979); Other (1977-1981); Other (1980-1984); Other (1993-2000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1010723
HER
Shropshire 1161
National record
record SO 37 NW 1; monument 109138
Wikidata
Q31113153

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, 362-63, Institute of Historical Research.
  3. Watson, M. 2002. Shropshire an archaeological guide, 23-4, plan and aerial photo, Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books.