Nesscliffe Hill Camp

Nearest town:
Shrewsbury (12km E)
OS reference:
SJ386198
OS sheet:
126
Latitude:
52° 46' 18.79 N
Longitude:
2° 54' 36.79 W
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Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Near the entrance to the inner enclosure...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Nov 5, 2015
Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Took this to be Oliver’s Point.... loved the exquisite tracery of the roots. They may not be mine, but wouldn’t mind going back to them one day...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

The defences delineating the main enclosure form a serious work...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Some passing yoofs under the nominal supervision of a suitably harassed ‘adult’ were playing rap ‘noise’ of indeterminate origin. As Mr T might have said... ‘I pity those crazy fools’.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Nature’s taken Nesscliffe Hill back. But she clearly knows what she’s doing....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort) by postman

Not the hillfort itself, but Kynastons cave the cliffs also lend to the forts impregnability

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Oct 25, 2007

Articles

Nesscliffe Hill Camp

thelonious
thelonious Apr 3, 2015

28/03/2015 – After a visit to Old Oswestry, we were making good time so we played our hillfort bonus card and went for a quick nosey at Nesscliffe Hill Camp. I liked this one. Little bit of up, nice trees to walk through, good ramparts and a fine view. Worth a visit if you are passing.

Nesscliffe Hill Camp

Rhiannon
Rhiannon Jun 7, 2006

This is a very pleasant spot to stroll round – there is an air of a park about it, as the hill was planted with all sorts of trees at one time. But you can make out the earthworks, admire the view over to the Breiddin Hills, and visit Kynaston’s cave with its attendant bats and folklore (Humphrey Kynaston was a bit of a local hero, with his Black Bess- style horse, Beelzebub). If you go out to the northwest tip of the fort, known as Oliver’s Point (after Oliver Cromwell? I don’t know – he’s blamed for a lot of things), there are some strange ballaun-style holes in the rock underfoot. Perhaps you know what they are? Cos I don’t.

Folklore

Nesscliffe Hill Camp
Hillfort
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Feb 17, 2009

The Shropshire Walking website supports the idea that the naturally well protected corner of the fort, Oliver’s Point, is named after Cromwell – and apparently the round holes are brought into the story too: they’re said to be holes made by his soldiers to secure their cannons. Hmmm... you never know, but it sounds like a tall story to me....

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