Wychbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort located on Wychbury Hill, near Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.
Wychbury Ring | |
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General information | |
Type | Hill fort |
Town or city | Hagley |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°26′00″N 2°07′09″W / 52.43322°N 2.11909°W |
Construction started | Iron Age |
Technical details | |
Size | 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) |
Description
editThe fort measures 250 m (820 ft) from east to west and 150 m (490 ft) from north to south, covering an area of 7.25 acres (2.93 ha). It has two sets of ramparts and ditches. The inner rampart is between 16 m (52 ft) and 20 m (66 ft) wide, rising up to 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) in height, with the surrounding inner ditch 10 m (33 ft) wide and up to 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) deep. The outer rampart is 10 m (33 ft) wide and up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in height, with the outer ditch being 10 m (33 ft) wide and up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) deep. There are fortified entrances at the east and south west.[1]
Small bronze rings, including an Iron Age terret, were found in the fort in 1884, and Roman coins and masonry have been found nearby, suggesting a possible site of a later Roman Villa. Investigations in 1924 reported a 5.5-acre (22,000 m2) annexe to the south and a nearby Iron Age field system, but no trace of either remain.[1]
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b Historic England. "Wychbury Ring (118705)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 August 2009.