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This is a birds eye view of Clun in the south-west of Shropshire. To the west of the view you can see St George's church, which dates from the Norman period (1066-1154), whilst to the east perched on top of a ridge is Clun Castle, one of the important Marches castles.
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The Battle of Shrewsbury took place in 1403, just north of Shrewsbury at a place that is now known as Battlefield. The church at the north of the map is Battlefield church. It was built to remember those who died during the battle.
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This sketch of the Battle of Shrewsbury was found in a collection of the Rev. E. P. Owen's watercolours and clippings. The battle took place outside Shrewsbury in 1403.
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This is a map laying out all the crucial features relating to the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. To the left hand side you can see the Shelton Oak, where Owen Glendower is thought to have watched the battle from. You can also work out where all the troops were and see where Battlefield church was ...
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This is a view of Shrewsbury during the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. The key on the right of the map allows you to work out where King Henry and Hotspur's troops were positioned at different points in the fighting.
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An aerial view of Church Stretton and Cardingmill Valley in 1990 does not do justice to the steepness of the valleysides. If you don't mind heights you can drive to the top of the Long Mynd up Burway Road, left of picture, or better still take the Shuttle Bus. Photo from National Trust, Carding...
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The circular cropmark in the yellow field towards the centre of the picture is the only visible remains of a bowl barrow at Acton Bank. The barrow mound itself was once two metres high but was completely levelled by years of intensive ploughing. The cropmark ring was once a ditch that surrounde...
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An aerial photograph was taken in 1976 to accompany small-scale excavations at Weir Meadow, close to the Roman villa site of Whitley Grange to the west of Shrewsbury. Ploughing had disturbed a spread of worked sandstone blocks, cobles, bricks and tile fragments that were thought to be part of a ...
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An ancient trackway called the Portway crosses the top of the Long Mynd (left of picture). It joins up with a long distance bridleway, the Jack Mytton Way. This starts near Highley and ends at the bridge over the River Terne in Llanfair Waterdine on the Welsh border.
The Jack Mytton Way is name...
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This aerial view reveals the quarry at Haughmond Hill which is well hidden by the surrounding woodland. Aggregate Industries can only expand downwards now but quarrying will continue for several more years to come.
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The rocks exposed on the ridge are known as Stiperstones Quartzite, and are of great interest to geologists. The rocks are of Ordovician age, which means they were deposited around 480 million years ago. The area was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1982 in recognition of its unique geology...
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The stone stripes of the Stiperstones were formed by alternate freezing and thawing during the last Ice Age. Stripes and patches of rock probably broke away from the summit of the hill by frost action, leaving more durable rock sticking up in formations such as the Devil's Chair, seen just right ...
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