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Berry Ring (also known as Bury Ring) is an
It is a univallate hillfort, roughly oval in shape, on the northern part of elevated land north of the village of Billington. The defences, following the contours of the ground, enclose an area of about .
The rampart is about high in the south-east, elsewhere about high. The outer ditch is up to wide and deep. A counterscarp bank can be seen in the north, west and south, most clearly in the north-west where it is high and wide. The original entrance is thought to be in the south; its features are unclear because of sand and gravel extraction in recent times. There are other later entrances.
There is a spring-fed pond within the fort at the north-east side. There have been chance finds around the interior of flints, Iron Age pottery and medieval pottery.
Berry Ring, Staffordshire
Berry Ring, Roman Britain
An image of Berry Ring from 1926
Images and a map of the area
{{Iron Age hillforts in England Hill forts in Staffordshire Iron Age sites in England Scheduled monuments in Staffordshire Borough of Stafford
Iron Age
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hillfort
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in Staffordshire
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, England, lying some two miles southwest of the county town of Stafford
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, a mile to the southwest of Stafford Castle and half a mile to the west of the M6 motorway
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Description
It is a univallate hillfort, roughly oval in shape, on the northern part of elevated land north of the village of Billington. The defences, following the contours of the ground, enclose an area of about .
The rampart is about high in the south-east, elsewhere about high. The outer ditch is up to wide and deep. A counterscarp bank can be seen in the north, west and south, most clearly in the north-west where it is high and wide. The original entrance is thought to be in the south; its features are unclear because of sand and gravel extraction in recent times. There are other later entrances.
There is a spring-fed pond within the fort at the north-east side. There have been chance finds around the interior of flints, Iron Age pottery and medieval pottery.
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Berry Ring, Staffordshire
Berry Ring, Roman Britain
An image of Berry Ring from 1926
Images and a map of the area
{{Iron Age hillforts in England Hill forts in Staffordshire Iron Age sites in England Scheduled monuments in Staffordshire Borough of Stafford