Date: 2003
Description: This spectacular aerial photograph shows the strong strategic location of Bodbury Ring Iron Age (700 B.C. - A.D. 43) hillfort near Church Stretton. The steep hill slopes on two of the three sides of this fort would make the settlement very difficult to attack. This photograph is also of interest because it shows a long linear earthwork running away from the hillfort and following the hill summit. This is known as a "cross dyke" and is thought to pre date the hillfort. There are various different interpretations for the function of cross dykes. They might have been used to mark territorial limits or internal boundaries within communities. They might also have been used as trackways, cattle droveways or defensive earthworks. This cross dyke probably dates to the Bronze Age (2300 B.C. - A.D. 43). (Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust).
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courtesy of:
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust; Shropshire Sites and Monuments Record
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Donor Ref: '
SA 1245, PRN 01245, CPAT 84-C-391
(165/5275)'
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