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Wychbury Ring is a multivallate hillfort situated approximately 450 metres south-east of Pedmore Hall in Worcestershire. The monument comprises multiple concentric defensive earthworks typical of Iron Age hillforts, with substantial banks and ditches that would have provided formidable protection to its inhabitants. The site dates to the Iron Age period and represents an important example of prehistoric settlement and fortification in the region. As a multivallate structure, Wychbury Ring demonstrates the considerable resources and organisational capacity required for the construction and maintenance of such defensive systems in pre-Roman Britain.
Small multivallate hillfort called Wychbury Ring, 450m south-east of Pedmore Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005900. View the official record →
Wychbury Ring is a multivallate hillfort situated approximately 450 metres south-east of Pedmore Hall in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005900.
Small multivallate hillfort called Wychbury Ring, 450m south-east of Pedmore 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 1005900.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchill Forge (4.2 km), Cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard (5.1 km), The Redhouse, Whitehouse and Newhouse glassworks (5.3 km).
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Small multivallate hillfort called Wychbury Ring, 450m south-east of Pedmore Hall stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.