'Remarkable' discovery made at Iron Age hillfort
A remarkable discovery has been made at one of Shropshire’s well-known Iron Age Hillforts by archaeologists from Time Team and the Universities of Chester and York.
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Thanks to funding from the 'Our Uplands Common' project, light detection and ranging data (LIDAR) sensors, mounted on aircraft, has produced hi-resolution laser-scan data, which shows that Bodbury Ring Hillfort, on the north side of the Carding Mill Valley near Church Stretton, was six times larger than was originally thought.
The investigations, led by Time Team’s landscape archaeologist, and University of Chester Visiting Professor, Stewart Ainsworth, were part of a collaboration with the Universities of Chester and York, and Stepping Stones – a National Trust-led conservation project in the Shropshire Hills, which aims to reconnect isolated patches of wildlife habitat by restoring a network of hedgerows, verges, woodland and wetlands.
Analysis of the data shows that the earthworks of Bodbury Ring are only a small part of a much larger hillfort, which once enclosed the entire ridgetop of Bodbury Hill.
