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Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall

England

List entry 1021276

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1021276

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.72 hectares

Grid reference

SJ 33369 03398

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall is a defensive settlement dating to the Iron Age, located in Shropshire. The site consists of an enclosed settlement defined by earthwork boundaries typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. The monument represents evidence of Iron Age occupation and land use in the Welsh Marches area, contributing to understanding of settlement hierarchy and agricultural communities during this period. The site's proximity to Leigh Hall suggests continuity or shifting patterns of settlement within the local landscape across successive historical periods.

Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021276. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall?

Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall is a defensive settlement dating to the Iron Age, located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021276.

Who is responsible for protecting Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall?

Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall 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 1021276.

What other scheduled monuments are near Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ritton Castle: a slight univallate hillfort and a ringwork and bailey castle (5.8 km), Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold (5.9 km), Round cairn on Stiperstones, 150m south of Manstone Rock. (6 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.

Timeline

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ritton Castle: a slight univallate hillfort and a ringwork and bailey castle

5.8 km

Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold

5.9 km

Round cairn on Stiperstones, 150m south of Manstone Rock.

6 km

Round cairn south of Cranberry Rock, 460m north east of Bog Cottage

6.2 km

Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill

Prehistoric · Round Barrow7.4 km

Corndon Hill Round Cairns

Prehistoric · Round Cairn7.8 km

Linley Hill Camp

8.4 km

Upper Aldress Moated Site

Medieval · Moated Site9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall

Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~9 miles WroxeterRoman town · ~14.8 miles Battle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~13.7 miles

Domesday entry for Munton?, Shropshire →

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