Mitchell’s Fold
Mitchell's Fold is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 353 metres AOD.Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Bronze Age stone circle in South-West Shropshire
- Also known as: “Madges Pinfold”, “Medgel’s Fold”, and “Mitchell’s Fold stone circle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stapeley Hill and Corndon Hill.
Stapeley Hill
Peak
Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in south-west Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill.
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 Marsh Chapel
Church
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corndon Marsh Chapel is a church, which is situated 3,500 feet east of Mitchell’s Fold.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton and White Grit.
Middleton
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton is a scattered settlement in Shropshire with a chapel and a former schoolhouse. It was once much more populated but went into decline once mining ended in the area.
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.
Priestweston
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priestweston is a small village in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, lying in the Welsh Marches. The village is located near to the English-Welsh border, at the foot of Corndon Hill.
Mitchell’s Fold
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.57871° or 52° 34′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.02819° or 3° 1′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C4RHXHC+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 188806074OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1939531
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Mitchell’s Fold” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米切爾石圈”
- German: “Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle”
- German: “Mitchell’s Fold”
- Polish: “Mitchell’s Fold”
- Spanish: “Mitchell’s Fold”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and White Grit Meadows.
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