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RE: Wychbury

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"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??"
Apologies Forrester for confusing you, no, I mean Burf Castle is probably Iron Age, but the roman marching fort at Quatford could be an older site than just Roman (lookout?) on the crossing at Quatford. The link I make is the old path s/roads to the Quatford crossing from Burf Castle. This would, I imagine , have been all under the same tribal control if Burf Castle 'defended' the Severn crossing there.

Ah, I see. This is quite fascinating stuff. One issue is, who would have had tribal control? The Cornovii were a fairly poor pastoral tribe, but it lies in their territory. The Dobunni, who in my conjecture constructed Wychbury, could be responsible though, because they would have wanted a stronghold on the Severn to alert them to any attack from the even more hostile Ordovicians, who were noted raiders even after the Roman occupation, the Vikings found that the same site conduced to their needs much later on, and i think had their original fortress downstream of Bridgnorth, at Quatford. Trade on the river must have been brisk, even back then. Its also on a line of sight to the Clee hills, and to the Wrekin, so i guess would have been a useful signal station, even if it wasn't a succesful redoubt...