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Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.

England

List entry 1009309

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1009309

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.48 hectares

Grid reference

SO 44503 94795

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bodbury Ring is a large univallate hillfort situated on the summit of Bodbury Hill in Shropshire, England. The monument is defined by a single substantial defensive bank and ditch enclosing the hilltop, a characteristic form of Iron Age fortification typical of the region. The site's prominent topographical position would have afforded commanding views over the surrounding landscape, a strategic advantage common to hillforts of this period. The univallate design and scale of the earthworks are consistent with Iron Age date, though the site remains an important example of prehistoric defensive architecture in the Shropshire archaeological landscape.

Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009309. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.?

Bodbury Ring is a large univallate hillfort situated on the summit of Bodbury Hill in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009309.

Who is responsible for protecting Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.?

Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill. is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009309.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall (5.2 km), Roman road at Marshbrook (5.2 km), Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill. (5.5 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall

5.2 km

Roman road at Marshbrook

5.2 km

Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill.

5.5 km

Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.

6.4 km

Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.

7.1 km

Upper Barn moat

9 km

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm

9 km

Westhope moat and fishpond

9.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.

Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~10.2 miles WroxeterRoman town · ~11.5 miles Battle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~14.4 miles

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