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Radnor Wood Camp

England
List entry 1004786
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004786
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.94 hectares
Grid reference
SO 32040 81746
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Radnor Wood Camp is a hillfort situated in Shropshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. The site comprises a defensive enclosure marked by earthwork ramparts and ditches that follow the natural contours of the hilltop, representing a characteristic example of Iron Age settlement fortification in the West Midlands region. The monument reflects the strategic importance of elevated positions in prehistoric defensive architecture and the patterns of settlement hierarchy typical of Iron Age communities in this area. The site remains an important archaeological record of pre-Roman settlement and territorial organization in the borderlands.

Radnor Wood Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004786. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Radnor Wood Camp?

Radnor Wood Camp is a hillfort situated in Shropshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004786.

Who is responsible for protecting Radnor Wood Camp?

Radnor Wood Camp 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 1004786.

What other scheduled monuments are near Radnor Wood Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle and ice house 30m south of The Old Farm (8.6 km), Offa's Dyke: section 475m north east of Nether Skyborry (8.7 km), Stanage Mound & Bailey Castle (8.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte castle and ice house 30m south of The Old Farm
8.6 km
Offa's Dyke: section 475m north east of Nether Skyborry
8.7 km
Stanage Mound & Bailey Castle
Medieval · Motte and Bailey8.7 km
Bowl barrow 300m south of Skyborry
9.2 km
Multiple enclosure hillfort on Coxall Knoll
9.4 km
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 202m from River Teme to West Street
Early Medieval · Linear Earthwork9.9 km
Bryn y Castell
Medieval · Motte10 km
Knighton Mound & Bailey Castle
Medieval · Motte and Bailey10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Radnor Wood Camp

Radnor Wood Camp stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Radnor Wood Camp

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~5.3 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~22.6 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~24.8 miles
Domesday entry for Clunton, Shropshire →
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