More information : (SJ 37200110) Castle Ring (NR). (1)
Oak Hill Castle Ring, a promontory fortress on a north-facing
spur of the Stiperstones, is defended on the west by a 7ft
scarp above a narrow berm on the hill-side. On the north a
rampart has been constructed at the top of the scarp and a
ditch cut in the berm, while to the east the defence consists
solely of the steep hill-side. The entrance to the camp is set
obliquely in the northern defences, which consist of a bank and
ditch across the narrowest part of the isthmus. The rampart
rises 15ft from the bottom of the 5ft deep ditch and drops
3ft to the interior. (2)
A hill-fort enclosing approximately 10 acres situated on a
spur, with ground falling steeply away on all but the south side, where the defences comprise a single bank rising up to
3.5 metres above an outer ditch. In these defences is
incorporated an off-set inturned entrance. The natural
defences on the W and N sides of the promontory are
strengthened by the construction of a scarp slope 3.0m high, and
an outer berm 3.0m wide. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
SJ 372 010. Oak Hill Castle Ring. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 3.7ha. (4)
SJ 3720 0107. Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort on Oak Hill, 600m south east of Crows Nest Farm. Scheduled (RSM). (5)
The hillfort is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. Aerial photographs showed evidence of disturbed ground within the area enclosed by the rampart, which was thought to represent small scale quarrying of unknown date. The areas od disturbance were not mapped. (6-8) |