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Brinklow Artificial Mound |
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Hartshill Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Meon Hill Hillfort |
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Knightlow Hill - The Wroth Stone |
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Quarry axe to go on display The axe found at Bubbenhall Quarry is to be displayed at Warwickshire Museum's Market Hall site in Warwick. It's made of andesite - which must have come from the lake district or north wales, according to the museum's curator. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4117227.stm |
Posted by Rhiannon22nd December 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce |
500,000 Year Old Axe Find in QuarryFrom an article by David Prudames, published on www.24hourmuseum.org.uk on 16th December 2004: A Stone Age hand axe dating back 500,000 years has been discovered at a quarry in Warwickshire... continues... |
Posted by Kammer17th December 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce |
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Barnmoor Wood Camp (Hillfort) — Miscellaneous |
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EH description of univallate fort: The monument is situated in an isolated context, approximately 110m NW of Cherry Pool Farm in the parish of Claverdon, and includes a slight univallate hillfort of Iron Age date. Barnmoor Wood camp is located on the southern edge of a slight plateau. The defensive earthworks of the site enclose a raised central area of approximately 1ha. The defences include a ditch, an internal bank and traces of a counterscarp bank along the southern edge of the site. It is thought that the slope of the hillside made a counterscarp on the northern and eastern sides of the hillfort unnecessary. The 8m wide ditch is approximately 3m deep and the internal bank is up to 12m wide at its base and 1m high. The outer edge of the ditch has been partly damaged at the south-eastern corner of the site, probably by quarrying. Access into the interior of the hillfort is currently by means of causeways across the central part of the western defences and at the north-eastern corner of the site. The latter is a 5m wide inturned, or funnel, entrance and may represent the original entrance to the site. The interior is almost oval in plan and measures approximately 125m west-east and 100m north-south. No internal earthworks are visible, although the remains of internal structures will survive beneath the ground surface. All fence posts are excluded from the scheduling, but the ground beneath these features is included. |
Posted by thesweetcheat29th January 2012ce |
Knightlow Hill - The Wroth Stone — Folklore |
Old Custom In Warwickshire.--From Notes and Queries, May 13th, 1854. |
Posted by Rhiannon 22nd November 2011ce |
Meon Hill (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by ginger tt2nd October 2011ce |
Brinklow (Artificial Mound) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 28.8.10 Very easy to find and access in the village of Brinklow. Take the first turning right after the church (heading north through the village) and you will shortly come to a small parking area at the base of the mound. There is a wooden sign stating that this is the site of Brinklow Castle (Norman Motte and Baily) and access is via a wooden gate. Straight up the mound/motte and surprisingly good views all around await you. Worth a visit when in the area. |
Posted by CARL 31st August 2010ce |
Knightlow Hill - The Wroth Stone — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 28.8.10. This is an odd one. Looks like either an animal water trough (although it is about 1 metre square in shape) or a large font? On one side there appears to be a 'channelled out' bit which clearly had some sort of purpose? It is sat on top of a small mound in a field right next to the busy A45. Easy to find (just follow directions given by Wrekin) although you need to be careful crossing the A45 – the central reservation helps a lot! Access to the field is easy – over the gate to the left of the houses and the small mound is immediately to your left. Just myself and the sheep in the pouring rain! |
Posted by CARL 31st August 2010ce |
Knightlow Hill - The Wroth Stone — Folklore |
The tumulus is about 30 feet square, with sides running parallel to the road, having a large fir-tree growing at each angle, of which the people around say that the four trees represent four knights who were killed and buried there. This, however, can only be conjecture, as the trees are but the same age as those in the "Avenue" which were planted in 1740 by John, Duke of Montague.In 'Open-Air Assemblies' by G Laurence Gomme, in Antiquary (Dec. 1887, p233). |
Posted by Rhiannon 16th May 2009ce |
Meon Hill (Hillfort) — Folklore |
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The devil threw a stone from here to Cleeve Hill Tumulus, as you may read about on that page. But due to my impressionable childhood mind voraciously devouring the Reader's Digest 'Strange Stories, Amazing Facts', Meon Hill always reminds me of the story of the witchcraft-related? murder of Charles Walton. You can read all about it in Adrian Pengelly's White Dragon article here: http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/charles.htm (amongst countless other internet sites). The article also teasingly mentions in passing that "there had long been stories of a ghostly black dog on Meon hill that heralded death to those it appeared to". The detective investigating the case is said to also have seen a black dog on the hill.. |
Posted by Rhiannon 28th April 2007ce |
Meon Hill (Hillfort) — Miscellaneous |
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Meon Hill is topped by a large multivallate hill fort, one of only two in Warwickshire - it must have been a pretty important place in the Iron Age. Traces of many huts have been found, and long ago there was discovered a hoard of currency bars: "In the month of June last (1824) as some workmen were searching for lime-stone in a turnip field belonging to a Mr. Smith, situated in the centre of a Roman camp on Meon Hill.. they discovered about three feet below the surface 394 javelin-heads of iron, the blades of which were 28 inches long, and 3/4 of an inch wide, with the exception of one whose width was two inches. ..they were not above the thickness of a shilling..." (p262 of the Gentleman's Magazine v94 pt2 (1824). |
Posted by Rhiannon 28th April 2007ce |
Brinklow (Artificial Mound) — Images |
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Posted by s_dukesy 9th February 2007ce |
Knightlow Hill - The Wroth Stone — Images |
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Posted by Wrekin 2nd January 2007ce |
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