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

England

List entry 1007349

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1007349

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.02 hectares

Grid reference

SO 40694 89558

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Botley Stone is a ring cairn situated on Churchmoor Hill, approximately 600 metres north-west of Churchmoor Farm in Shropshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of funerary monument common to the period, consisting of a circular arrangement of stones with a central burial or ritual deposit. The site survives as an upstanding earthwork and stone feature, though like many Bronze Age cairns it has been subject to degradation and disturbance over time. Such ring cairns form an important part of the prehistoric monumental landscape of Shropshire and the wider English midlands.

Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007349. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

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

Botley Stone is a ring cairn situated on Churchmoor Hill, approximately 600 metres north-west of Churchmoor Farm in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007349.

Who is responsible for protecting Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.?

Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. 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 1007349.

What other scheduled monuments are near Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm (2.7 km), Upper Barn moat (3.7 km), Cheney Longville ringwork (4.8 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm

2.7 km

Upper Barn moat

3.7 km

Cheney Longville ringwork

4.8 km

Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville

4.9 km

Bowl barrow 120m south west of Belair

6 km

Small multivallate hillfort at Burrow, 750m WSW of St Mary's Church

7 km

Westhope moat and fishpond

7 km

Bowl barrow 60m west of Ambleside

7.3 km

The ground beneath

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

Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

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

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~7.4 miles WroxeterRoman town · ~15.5 miles Battle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~18.2 miles

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