Lower Wood

Lower Wood is a forest in Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England. Lower Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Meadowtown, as well as near Binweston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hoarstones and Church of St Mark.

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.

Church of St Mark

Church

Photo: Anne, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Worthen and Marton.

Worthen

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Worthen is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

Marton

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marton, also known as Marton-in-Chirbury, is a small village in Shropshire, England, 8 km southeast of Welshpool, and has a nearby lake called Marton Pool.