Drakelow Hillfort

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52°25′32″N2°15′52″W / 52.42556°N 2.26444°W / 52.42556; -2.26444 Drakelow Hillfort is a small multivallate Iron Age hillfort, located on a promontory (known as Drakelow Hill) at Drakelow at the southern end of Kinver Edge, in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley, Worcestershire.^[1] The hillfort is a scheduled monument.^[2]

Notes

↑ SCS staff 2002 , p. 10 quotes Miller & Jones 2001 who use the name Drakelow Hillfort in a survey by the Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Service.
↑ Historic England & 1010721.

References

Historic England (10 October 1995). "Small multivallate hillfort on Drakelow Hill, 250m west of Solcum Farm (1010721)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
SCS staff (4 February 2002), Archaeological Investigations Project 2000 Post-Determination & Non-Planning Related Projects: West Midlands: Worcestershire (PDF), School of Conservation Sciences: Bournemouth University
Miller, D; Jones, L (2001), Archaeological Watching Brief at Drakelow Hillfort, Wolverley and Cookley, Worcestershire (Report 893), Worcester: Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Service

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