Shooting Box barrows Round Barrow(s) View all content for Shooting Box barrows

Two round barrows next to the Port Way trackway on the Long Mynd. Pastscape descriptions: NE barrow (SO42289554) Bowl barrow on Wildmoor, 200m north-east of the Shooting Box. Scheduled (RSM). The surrounding ditch has become infilled but survives as a buried feature some 2m wide. SW barrow - "The Shooting Box" (SO42109538) Disc barrow; the mound, 20.0 m in diameter, 2.0 m in height, has been quarried into on the N side, and the centre has been dug away from the E side to shelter a shooting box. The annular bank is 50.0 m in diameter, 7.0 m in width and 0.2 to 0.5 m in height. A track cuts through the SE side. Site under heather.

Posted by thesweetcheat 20th April 2011ce

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