Drakelow Hillfort is a small
multivallate
Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain. Although the earliest such constructs fitting this description come from the Neolithic British Isles, with a few also dating to later Bronze Age Britain, Briti ...
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...
hillfort
A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. So ...
, located on a promontory (known as Drakelow Hill) at
Drakelow
Drakelow is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, in Derbyshire, England. It is south of Burton on Trent. The population of the civil parish including Caldwell and Cauldwell had at 2011 Census was 249.
Geography and history
Som ...
at the southern end of
Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, about four miles west of Stourbridge, and four miles north of Kidderminster, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England. It is now owned by th ...
, in the civil parish of
Wolverley and Cookley
Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley (1 mi northeast), it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire an ...
, Worcestershire.
[ quotes who use the name ''Drakelow Hillfort'' in a survey by the ''Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Service''.] The hillfort is a
scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage, visu ...
.
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Hill forts in Worcestershire
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