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Bomere Wood

Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0351

Location

Atlas number
EN0351 (351)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Bayston Hill
National Grid reference
SJ501080
Latitude
52.66821
Longitude
-2.73929
Altitude
75 m

Form and condition

Type
marsh fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1962); Other (1987); Other (1978-1981)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006251
HER
Shropshire 59
National record
record SJ 50 NW 1; monument 70078
Wikidata
Q31113492

Sources

References

  1. Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 198, Institute of Historical Research.