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Circular enclosures centring 300 yards west of Wychnor Junction is a prehistoric monument located in Staffordshire. The site comprises circular earthwork enclosures whose morphology and distribution suggest Iron Age occupation or activity, a period during which such defensive or territorial structures were commonly constructed across the English Midlands. The precise chronology and functional purpose of these particular enclosures remain subjects of archaeological investigation, though their form is consistent with settlement patterns and land division practices characteristic of the late prehistoric period. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it a valuable record of prehistoric land use in the region.
Circular enclosures centring 300yds (270m) W of Wychnor Junction is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006072. View the official record →
Circular enclosures centring 300 yards west of Wychnor Junction is a prehistoric monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006072.
Circular enclosures centring 300yds (270m) W of Wychnor Junction 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 1006072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pit alignments running NE and SW centring 320yds (300m) N of Wychnor Bridge (0.5 km), Timber circle, hengi-form monument and part of a pit alignment at Catholme (0.7 km), Enclosures and cursus 300yds (270m) SE of Efflinch (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Circular enclosures centring 300yds (270m) W of Wychnor Junction'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.
Circular enclosures centring 300yds (270m) W of Wychnor Junction stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.