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Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill is a medieval earthwork monument located in Shropshire. The site comprises an approximately circular defensive enclosure formed by a bank and ditch, characteristic of ringwork fortifications that were constructed during the Norman period and earlier medieval centuries. Such earthwork structures typically served as private strongholds or administrative centres for local lords and were commonly built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The monument's preservation as an earthwork, without subsequent stone construction, reflects the architectural choices of its period and provides evidence of the distribution of medieval fortified settlement across the Shropshire landscape.
Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020151. View the official record →
Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill is a medieval earthwork monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020151.
Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage 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 1020151.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold (5.2 km), Ritton Castle: a slight univallate hillfort and a ringwork and bailey castle (5.5 km), Round cairn south of Cranberry Rock, 460m north east of Bog Cottage (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage'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 on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.