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Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Shropshire. The monument consists of a defended enclosure featuring an earthwork perimeter that dates to the Iron Age period. The site represents the defensive settlement pattern characteristic of Iron Age communities in the Welsh Marches region during the first millennium before Christ. Such enclosures typically served as centres for habitation, storage, and refuge, reflecting the social and economic organisation of Iron Age societies in this area.
Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006239. View the official record →
Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006239.
Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure 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 1006239.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill (5.4 km), Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairn (5.5 km), Rockhill Earthwork (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure'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.
Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.