Bury Ditches
Bury Ditches is a British Iron Age hill fort between Clun and Bishop's Castle in the Shropshire Hills of central England.Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of Sunnyhill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clun Town Hall and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Clun Town Hall
Museum
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clun Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Clun, Shropshire, England. The building, which is now used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Clun Town Hall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bury Ditches.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 2 miles northeast of Bury Ditches.
Powis Arms
Pub
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Powis Arms is a pub, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Bury Ditches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clunton and Kempton.
Clunton
Village
Photo: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clunton is a village in south Shropshire, England, to the east of the small town of Clun. Clunton is situated 1½ miles south of Bury Ditches.
Kempton
Village
Photo: Plumpdesigns, Public domain.
Kempton is a very small village in south Shropshire, England. The village was listed as one of William de Picot's holdings in the Domesday Book of 1086. It lies on the small River Kemp, which it takes its name from. Kempton is situated 2 miles east of Bury Ditches.
Lydbury North
Village
Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lydbury North is a village and a geographically large civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 695. Lydbury North is situated 2 miles northeast of Bury Ditches.
Bury Ditches
- Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lydbury North, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.44738° or 52° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.99114° or 2° 59′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C4VC2W5+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 94819142OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5001091
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