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"thereis another fort at Mose"

That'd be 'Burt (Burf?) Castle' in Morfe Valley? Another 'odd' place! It reminds me in many ways of Wychbury, although the last tme I went there (about 18 months ago) there was a guy pointedly brandishing a shotgun (as a warning, or just to make us aware?) at us halfway up the south side. Be careful in there!

This Mose/Morfe hillfort is situated along old tracks that seem to lead down to Quatford, an ancient crossing of the Severn/Hafod with a small Roman marching camp which of course could be older still. A friend of mine from Quatford found an old spearhead in her garden with some design on it, I'd love to have gotten a picture.

You can make sense of the old road down to the Quatford Crossing if you look at this old map, it runs down through Gags Hill/Gags Rock, past the Forest Oak (one of the survivors of the old Morfe Forest) and then through the wooded valley to Quatford. Wish I had more time to investigate all the stuff there!

http://makeashorterlink.com/?D5EB214EA

The place took me by surprise when i got around to the side facing the river. Its very impressive, but there are some dodgy characters around! A camped thee one night years ago. Pretty spooky, and much like Wychbury at night, as you say. A shame about the plantation of trees, which do occlude much of interest. So, you think its post not pre Roman? How old do you think it is? For that matter, how old do you reckon Wychbury is??