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Castle Hill, Oak Hill
Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0058
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0058 (58)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Shropshire
- Historic county
- Shropshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Worthen with Shelve
- National Grid reference
- SJ371010
- Latitude
- 52.60394
- Longitude
- -2.92881
- Altitude
- 396 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
- Enclosed area
- 3.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South); Oblique (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- heather moorland and heath
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- curvilinear platforms
- Investigations
- Other (1971); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1993-2000); Other (2003-2004)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1012869
- HER
- Shropshire 1357
- National record
- record SJ 30 SE 6; monument 66379
- Wikidata
- Q31113240
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. Salop 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 358, Institute of Historical Research.