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Caer Caradoc is a multivallate hillfort situated on Caer Caradoc Hill in Shropshire, commanding views across the surrounding landscape. The monument comprises concentric defensive earthworks enclosing the hilltop, with an associated causeway providing access to the summit. The fort dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant defensive settlement from this period. Local tradition links the site to Caractacus, the Catuvellauni tribal leader who resisted Roman invasion in the first century AD, though archaeological evidence does not definitively confirm this association; a cave on the summit, known as Caractacus' Cave, perpetuates this legendary connection but its historical authenticity remains unverified.
Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010723. View the official record →
Caer Caradoc is a multivallate hillfort situated on Caer Caradoc Hill in Shropshire, commanding views across the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010723.
Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc 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 1010723.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brockhurst Castle: a tower keep castle and causeway, 200m south of Brockhurst (4.1 km), Motte castle immediately north east of Church Farm (5 km), Packhorse bridge S of St Peter's Church (5.1 km).
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Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is lava and tuff.