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©Andrew Longton
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©Andrew Longton
Dist:0.8km<br/>Sunnyhill is crowned with Bury Ditches hillfort and in turn the hillfort is crowned with a small toposcope which indicates all the surrounding and distant hills and mountains. From here many of the high points within Shropshire can be seen, such as Caer Caradoc and Ratlinghope Hillforts or Caynham Camp and sites in adjacent counties such as Corndon Hill and Radnor Forest.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.8km<br/>Ants carrying eggs on burnt ground at Bury Ditches. I'm not sure if the hole (bottom left) is in anyway connected to the ants.
©paul dickson
Dist:0.8km<br/>In the midst of a hill fort surrounded by forest. This was all planted until the late 1970's when the fort was 'liberated'.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.8km<br/>Llew, the representation of an Iron Age boy, welcomes visitors to the hillfort site, helpfully showing where the best views are to be seen. His faithful hound sits patiently by his side. He lived in a wonderful spot, in summer at least.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>A family enjoy the interpretative information at the site and explore the ramparts near the entrance. The view beyond eastwards covers large expanses of the county.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>Another excellent interpretive wood carving, depicting figures from the Iron Age in various activities. Ideally sited to provide a rest for walkers ascending the steady gradient up to the hillfort entrance from the nearby car park and picnic site.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>The gate here enters just below where the entrance to the hillfort is situated, its eartwhork banks can be discerned ahead. The Bury Ditches hillfort is well preserved, despite until fairly recently being forested with a plantation, which has since been cleared. The site is of high importance.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>The O/S map still shows Bury Ditches as an afforested plantation, but the hillfort site has been clear felled and allowed to return to grassland and heather moor, although the plantation abutts next to it.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>The ramparts crowning the site carry a path enabling you to walk completely around the site, enabling interested visitors to appreciate the size of the interior, the height of the banks, condition of the surviving defences and of course the huge views over most of Shropshire. On a summer day it is one of the very best places to be in the whole county, in my humble opinion.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.9km<br/>Foxglove on Bury Ditches hill fort.
©Peter Evans
Dist:1.0km<br/>One of the many footpaths, bridleways and cycleways that criss-cross the woods around Bury Ditches.
©Row17
Dist:1.0km<br/>The excellent wood carving on the tree stump adjacent to the path is great work and is used to help bring the site to life for interested visitors. The figure depicts an Iron Age boy, named Llew, who may have lived here before the Romans came. Him and his dog appear at various points in and around the hillfort.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:1.0km<br/>An iron age boy used for educational purposes by the path leading to Bury Ditches.
©paul dickson

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