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Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains of medieval date located in Shropshire. The monument consists of a ringwork, a type of fortified enclosure formed by banks and ditches, alongside associated field boundary banks that indicate former agricultural land use. The ringwork represents a form of early medieval fortification typical of the period following the Norman Conquest, when such earthwork castles served as administrative and defensive centres for the Norman lords colonising the English landscape. The survival of both the defensive earthwork and the fossilised field systems demonstrates the layering of medieval land use at this location, with the ringwork occupying space within or adjacent to the managed agricultural landscape of its period.
Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020145. View the official record →
Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains of medieval date located in Shropshire.
Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church 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 1020145.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court (5.5 km), Coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common (6.3 km), Round cairn on Titterstone Clee Hill, 440m north west of The Blue Stone Farm (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church'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.
Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.