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Nordy Bank
Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0073
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0073 (73)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Shropshire
- Historic county
- Shropshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Clee St Margaret
- National Grid reference
- SO575847
- Latitude
- 52.45866
- Longitude
- -2.62574
- Altitude
- 330 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 2.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- guard chambers and ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North east); Recesses/Guard Chambers (North east); Hollow Way (North east); In-turned (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1968); Other (2009); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1985-1900); Other (1993-2000)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1008390
- HER
- Shropshire 180
- National record
- record SO 58 SE 2; monument 111286
- Wikidata
- Q31113331
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, 371, Institute of Historical Research.