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Radnor Wood

Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0079

Location

Atlas number
EN0079 (79)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Clunbury
National Grid reference
SO 320817
Latitude
52.42952
Longitude
-3.00114
Altitude
320 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 1, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.25 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall, rubble, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1004786
HER
Shropshire 150
National record
record SO 38 SW 13; monument 107315
Wikidata
Q31113386

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, 372-73, Institute of Historical Research.