Caer din Ring Hillfort – 1hrs

Clunton, Shropshire, SY7 8NJ

Caer Din Ring near Clun sits on the summit of a hill that has gentle slopes falling to the north and east with steeper slopes to the south and west. The ring is roughly square in plan and consists of a single earthen bank and ditch. It has been badly damaged by ploughing.

Caer Caradoc Hillfort – 1hrs

Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6QD

Caer Caradoc is an impressive 900ft hill that is just east of the Long Mynd and dominates the beautiful South Shropshire countryside and landscape. It is ideal for those who like walking in areas with panoramic views and there is a marked walking route to the summit. Although not high, a hill-fort was established at the top, possibly during the Roman period. Its defences follow the natural line of the hill and was a stronghold of a pre-Roman tribe; it is also possibly the site of the final stand of Caratacus against Ostorius Scapula, the Roman General.

Croft Ambrey Hillfort – 2hrs

Aymestry, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW

Close to Croft Castle this hillfort is thought to have been established circa 550 B.C. and enlarged to the Main Camp perimeter circa 390 B.C., when Midsummer Camp was established. It is a scenic, circular walk from the carpark at Croft Castle to Croft Ambrey and back. Excellent National Trust tearooms at Croft Castle.

Old Oswestry Hillfort – 3hrs

Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AA

Head to the North of the County to visit one of the best preserved hillforts in Britain. Old Oswestry was constructed and occupied during the Iron Age (800 BC to AD 43). The vast ramparts enclose a roughly diamond-shaped area that may have housed a small settlement. During the Iron Age, Britain was divided into numerous tribal territories, and the hillfort was probably a stronghold and principal settlement for one of these territories. Old Oswestry is a fine example of a ‘multi-vallate’ or multiple rampart hillfort. It is one of a dense band of hillforts in eastern Wales and the Marches. Much of the information about the site comes from excavations conducted in 1939 by William Varley, but this was not published until recently.

Titterstone Clee– 2 hrs

Titterstone Clee Car park SY8 3NY

Titterstone Clee is the third-highest hill in Shropshire, Much of the higher part of the hill is common land, Near the summit trig point are the remains of a Bronze Age cairn, dating back up to 4,000 years and indicating that the summit was a likely ceremonial site. Although partly destroyed by quarrying, Titterstone Clee’s Iron Age hill fort or encampment, enclosed by a huge boundary earthworks, It is of note that the walls of the fort are made up of stone blocks, instead of earth banks.

Clee Hill is one of only a few hills and mountains noted on the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a 13th-century map of the world displayed at Hereford Cathedral. In more recent years it has been mined for coal and quarried. It also has a radar facility for the RAF and Met Office. The views are tremendous.

Brown Clee – 3-4 hrs

Walk start from Abdon village Hall SY7 9HZ

Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at 540 metres (1,770 ft). Nordy Bank is the last ‘intact’ survivor of three hill forts on Brown Clee. The other two, at Abdon Burf and Clee Burf, have been largely lost to quarrying activity. Nordy Bank occupies a sloping ridge top site and its ramparts are up to three metres high. It was built some time in the British Iron Age first millennium BC and gives a commanding view of the local countryside. Several air traffic control radar masts on the summit of the hill can be seen for many miles around. They, along with the ones on top of Titterstone Clee Hill build up a picture of all the aircraft in a hundred-mile radius.

A toposcope (recently built) points out local landmarks and is sited at the summit.

It also has a memorial to the 23 airmen [British and German] who crashed into the hill during the war. It is thought there were more crashes on Brown Clee than any other hill in Britain.