Burrow (Shropshire)

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Burrow
Burrow hill fort.jpg
South-west corner of the hill fort
Highest point
Elevation 358 m (1,175 ft)  [1]
Prominence c. 189 m  [1]
Parent peak Pegwn Mawr
Listing Marilyn
Geography
Location Shropshire, England
Parent range Shropshire Hills
OS grid SO381830
Topo map OS Landranger 137  [1]

Burrow is a hill in Shropshire with an Iron Age hill fort at the summit known as Burrow Camp. The nearest villages are Hopesay and Aston-on-Clun. It includes a large number of hut platforms, and two natural springs. [2]

At 15:45 on 13 September 1943 a Vickers Wellington crashed on the hill. The flight was part of a cross-country and practice bombing exercise from RAF Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire. The crew encountered a severe thunderstorm above south Shropshire and was seen to be struck by lightning while flying over Lydbury North causing the plane to catch fire and lose height before disintegrating on the hilltop killing all eight crew members. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Alan Dawson (1997). "Region 38 Welsh Borders". The Hewitts and Marilyns of England. TACit Press. ISBN   0-9522680-7-8. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. John Newman, Nikolaus Pevsner (2006). "Hopesay". Shropshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 306–307. ISBN   978-0-300-12083-7.
  3. Thomas Thorne (2013). Pancakes and Prangs: Twentieth-century Military Aircraft Accidents in Shropshire. Bridge Books. pp. 166–167. ISBN   978-1-84494-087-5.

Coordinates: 52°26′29″N2°54′43″W / 52.44145°N 2.91206°W / 52.44145; -2.91206