Ritton Castle Wood

Places of Interest Nearby

Stiperstones

Peak

Photo: Martyn B, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England. The quartzite rock of the ridge formed some 480 million years ago. During the last Ice Age Stiperstones lay on the eastern margin of the Welsh ice sheet. Stiperstones is situated 1½ miles northeast of Ritton Castle Wood.

Hoarstones

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Hoarstones, or Hoar Stone Circle, is a stone circle in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton in the English county of Shropshire. The Hoarstones are part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Hoarstones is situated 2 miles northwest of Ritton Castle Wood.

Corndon Hill

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corndon Hill is a hill in Powys, Mid Wales, whose summit rises to 513.6 metres above sea level. It has a topographic prominence of 203.1 metres, so is listed as a Marilyn. Corndon Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Ritton Castle Wood.

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Shelve

Village

Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shelve is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve in Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. It is to the west of the Stiperstones ridge and east of Stapeley Hill, at an altitude of about 342 metres, and is some 2 miles from the England–Wales border to the west.

White Grit

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

White Grit is a small, scattered village beneath Corndon Hill in Powys, Wales, directly on the border with Shropshire. The nearby village of Priest Weston, despite being in England, actually lies to the west of White Grit. White Grit is situated 2 miles west of Ritton Castle Wood.

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