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Castle Ring (Staffordshire)
Trip No.5 Entry No.5 Date Added: 6th Jan 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Castle Ring (Staffordshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 5th Jan 2004. Castle Ring SK045128
Looking E / NE - despite Castle Ring being the highest part of Cannock Chase, the only part with a panoramic view, looks towards (Rugeley?) Power Station!
Castle Ring was actually recommended to me by a colleague at work who does not know of my stones / pre-history interest; she grew up in the Cannock area, and given we were making a trip to Stafford anyway, I'd heard that Cannock Chase was supposed to quite nice. Knowing that she grew up there, I
asked her if Cannock...
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Log Text: Surprisingly large site with easy access.
Devil's Ring and Finger
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd Dec 2022
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Devil's Ring and Finger submitted by Andrewnturner on 17th Dec 2022. December 2022
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Log Text: Visited in December so undergrowth has died back helping to make access and visibility easier. I am guessing it would be trickier in the summer.
The stones are just visible from the footpath, and from there access is down a slight dip and up a bank to the field boundary wall where the stones are placed.
Hollywood enclosure
Trip No.4 Entry No.4 Date Added: 23rd Dec 2022
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hollywood Enclosure submitted by Andrewnturner on 21st Dec 2022. There are substantial remains of at least one bank .
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Log Text: Now a vehicle graveyard. Difficult to photograph.
Saxon's Lowe
Trip No.2 Entry No.2 Date Added: 23rd Dec 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Saxon's Lowe submitted by TimPrevett on 24th Oct 2006. Saxon's Lowe on Tittensor Chase, between Newcastle Under Lyme and Stone. See main entry for details.
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Log Text: There has been some clearing of the trees between the footpath and the field in which the mound lies so viewing from the field boundary is now very good.
Historic England record number 1006103 (retrieved December 2022) states-
The monument includes an artificial mound situated on a natural hill approximately 1km to the west of the River Trent. The circular mound measures approximately 60m in diameter and appears to be situated on top of what may be a natural feature. The precise function and date of the monument has not been confirmed. Quarrying appears to have taken place within the monument.
Swynnerton bowl barrow
Trip No.3 Entry No.3 Date Added: 23rd Dec 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2022
Swynnerton bowl barrow submitted by Andrewnturner on 20th Dec 2022. Swynnerton bowl barrow from the roadside.
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