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Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill

England
List entry 1010317
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010317
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
SO 31307 78798
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. The site comprises a circular cairn of heaped stones with a distinctive ring-ditch or circular depression surrounding its outer edge, a characteristic feature of ring cairns from this period. The monument occupies a prominent hilltop position, which is typical of Bronze Age funerary sites in the region where elevated locations served both practical and symbolic functions. The cairn represents an important example of prehistoric ritual and burial practice in the Shropshire landscape, dating to the Bronze Age when such stone-built monuments were constructed across Britain.

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010317. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill?

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010317.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill?

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern 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 1010317.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanage Mound & Bailey Castle (6 km), Bowl barrow 300m south of Skyborry (6.4 km), Motte castle and ice house 30m south of The Old Farm (6.4 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stanage Mound & Bailey Castle
Medieval · Motte and Bailey6 km
Bowl barrow 300m south of Skyborry
6.4 km
Motte castle and ice house 30m south of The Old Farm
6.4 km
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 202m from River Teme to West Street
Early Medieval · Linear Earthwork6.9 km
Bryn y Castell
Medieval · Motte7 km
Knighton Mound & Bailey Castle
Medieval · Motte and Bailey7.1 km
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 165m S to Fildas Place and thence from Mill stream to Frydd Wood
Early Medieval · Linear Earthwork7.3 km
Multiple enclosure hillfort on Coxall Knoll
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill

Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~6.9 milesKenchesterRoman town · ~23.7 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~24.3 miles
Domesday entry for Menutton, Shropshire →
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