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Bury Ditches

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Bury Ditches in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

Toposcope at the Bury Ditches Iron Age hill fort - geograph.org.uk - 7078259

Mat Fascione — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit
1.5 h–3 h
  • Family-friendly
  • Limited wheelchair access

About

Bury Ditches is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Bury Ditches is a British Iron Age hill fort between Clun and Bishop's Castle in the Shropshire Hills of central England.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Architecture

The site is managed by Forestry England. Storms in the 1970s and 1980s led to the removal of woodland from the hill fort site on the crown of the hill, from which today the views are open in all directions. There is a car park within an easy uphill walk of the summit.

Description

Bury Ditches is often rated as a spectacular example of a surviving hill fort as it forms a neat oval or elliptical shape and is situated on the crown of a hill called Sunnyhill and comprises up to four multi-vallate ditches and rampart banks as part of its defensive earthworks and two well preserved entrance ways. From the summit views are clear to the Long Mynd, Corndon Hill and other Shropshire Hills. Waymarked walks cross the site and pass through the woodlands below. The Shropshire Way and Jack Mytton Way pass below the site and Wild Edric's Way crosses adjacent to it also.

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates
52.4474, -2.9911
District
Shropshire
Parish
Lydbury North
Postcode
SY7 8BD
Parliamentary constituency
South Shropshire

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bury Ditches?
Bury Ditches is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY7 8BD), in the parish of Lydbury North.
Does Bury Ditches charge admission?
Bury Ditches typically charges admission. Check the official site for current ticket prices and opening hours.
How do I get to Bury Ditches?
Drivers can navigate to postcode SY7 8BD. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.