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Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort

England
List entry 1020282
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020282
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
32.19 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 68080 17802
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wall Camp is a multivallate hillfort situated in the Weald Moors of Shropshire, England. The site is characterised by its low-lying topography and multiple defensive earthwork banks, which distinguish it from the elevated hillforts more commonly found in the region. The monument dates to the Iron Age period and represents an important example of prehistoric fortified settlement within the Midlands landscape. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Iron Age territorial control and settlement patterns in this part of England.

Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020282. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort?

Wall Camp is a multivallate hillfort situated in the Weald Moors of Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020282.

Who is responsible for protecting Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort?

Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort 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 1020282.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal (3.7 km), Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery (6.2 km), St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge (6.3 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
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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
3.7 km
Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
6.2 km
St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
6.3 km
Lilleshall Abbey
6.4 km
Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange
7.6 km
Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
8.1 km
Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
8.4 km
Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort

Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort

WroxeterRoman town · ~9.1 milesWater EatonRoman town · ~14.4 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~10.7 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~10.9 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~22.3 miles
Domesday entry for Buttery, Shropshire →
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