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Castle Ring is a multivallate hillfort located near Cannock in Staffordshire, England. The site exhibits the characteristic defensive earthworks of an Iron Age fort, comprising multiple concentric ramparts and ditches that enclose an area on elevated terrain. In the medieval period, the hillfort was repurposed as a hunting lodge, reflecting the sustained strategic and practical value of the commanding location. The monument remains substantially visible today as a series of well-preserved banks and ditches, preserving evidence of both its prehistoric defensive function and later medieval occupation and use.
Castle Ring, a multivallate hillfort and medieval hunting lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014687. View the official record →
Castle Ring is a multivallate hillfort located near Cannock in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014687.
Castle Ring, a multivallate hillfort and medieval hunting lodge 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 1014687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and bloomery in Courtbanks Covert (1.1 km), Moated site of Handsacre Hall. (5.4 km), World War I instruction model of a trench system, and associated earthwork and building remains 850m north west of Fairoak Cottages, Cannock Chase (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Ring, a multivallate hillfort and medieval hunting lodge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle Ring, a multivallate hillfort and medieval hunting lodge stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.