Prehistoric Hillforts in North Shropshire

In the mid-1980s I attended a course on the Archaeology of Shropshire in which I studied some of the prehistoric hillforts found in the county. Little did I know how useful this was when I retired to the Clee Hills in the late-2010s. Studying the local Ordnance Survey maps and walking in the Shropshire Hills I noticed how many had prehistoric sites on the top. Having researched the geology archaeology and history of the Clee Hills I thought I would investigate the hillforts. Using 19th and early 20th century maps history and archaeology books archaeological reports newspaper articles documents in the local archives and websites I produced 'Prehistoric Hillforts in Southeast Shropshire' a documentary history or gazetteer. Knowing that there are at least eighty hillforts in Shropshire I went on to publish 'Prehistoric Hillforts in Southwest Shropshire'. This account of North Shropshire includes Old Oswestry Whittington Castle Coed-y-Gaer Preston Springs Bury Walls Bwlch-y-Gwynt Gelli Lwyd Blodwell Rock Llanmynech The Berth Nesscliffe Hill Camp Bomere Heath Bulthy Hill The Wall Ebury Hill Pave Lane and Haughmond Hill.