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Record Details

HER Number:00025
Type of record:Monument
Name:Castle Ring Camp, Cannock

Summary

The scheduled remains of a substantial multivallate earthwork remains of an Iron Age hillfort enclosing the site of a later hunting lodge.

Grid Reference:SK 0443 1281
Map Sheet:SK01SW
Parish:Cannock Wood, Cannock Chase District
Cannock, Cannock Chase District
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Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds:

  • THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (BRONZE AGE - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Associated Events:

  • EST1223 - An archaeological field survey of Cannock Chase by Adrian Scruby on behalf of Forest Enterprise.
  • EST1431 - A desk based and earthwork survey of Castle Ring hillfort, Cannock Chase.
  • EST1455 - Castle Ring, Cannock Chase. Observations upon the Condition of the Iron Age Hill Fort
  • EST1641 - An archaeological assessment of Beaudesert Park, Cannock Wood, Staffordshire. (Ref: Report No. 197)
  • EST290 - A survey of the hillforts of Staffordshire.
  • EST529 - A site visit to Castle Ring Hillfort by an English Heritage Field Monument Warden in 1984.
  • EST571 - A site visit to Castle Ring Camp, Cannock in 1958.

Protected Status:

  • Scheduled Monument 21635: Castle Ring (Multivallate Hillfort and Medieval Hunting Lodge)

Full description

To find out more about this record please contact the SHER

Sources and further reading

---SST4146 - Survey Report: RCHME. circa 1996?. (Untitled) RCHME report on a desk based and topographic survey of Castle Ring Hillfort..
---SST4168 - Survey Report: Staffordshire County Council. 1981. Castle Ring, Cannock Chase: Observations upon the Condition of the Iron Age Hill Fort.
<1>SST3723 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. AM7 / AM12 - C. A. Snowdon - 1980 / AM107 - C.A. Snowdon - 1984
<2>SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 01 SW - 1 and 2
<3>SST3723 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Ongoing. Scheduled Monument Designation Documents and Scheduled Monument Consents. MPP23/ AA 90528/1
<4>SST3636 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1908. (VCH volume 1) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume I. Volume 1 - page 336-338
<5>SST2033 - Serial: University of Keele. 1964. North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 4 (1964). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of Staffordshire: Part 1' by A.J.H. Gunstone, page 18
<6>SST2525 - Published Book: J. Forde-Johnston. 1976. Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales. Figure 79 148:153:158: page 115
<7>SST3625 - Photographic: Unknown - various. Untitled - various views of Cannock Chase.. Paper.
<8>SST3364 - Survey Report: Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England. 1996. Staffordshire Hillfort Survey: Report.
<9>SST3363 - Drawn: Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England. 1987 onwards. Staffordshire Hillfort Survey: Illustrations. Permatrace/Paper. 1:1000/1:500. PRN 00025 - Castle Ring
<10>SST3363 - Drawn: Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England. 1987 onwards. Staffordshire Hillfort Survey: Illustrations. Permatrace/Paper. 1:1000/1:500. SK 01 SW - 2: Site of Medieval Building within Castle Ring Hillfort
<11>SST279 - Serial: Derbyshire Archaeological Society. 2005. Derbyshire Archaeological Society - Newsletter 61 (January 2006). Page 11
<12>SST4232 - Desk Based Assessment Report: Pat Frost (Archaeological Consultant). 2005. Beaudesert Park, Cannock Wood, Staffordshire: Cultural Heritage Assessment. Page 9

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