Wychbury Ring


Wychbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort located on Wychbury Hill, near Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.

Description

The fort measures from east to west and from north to south, covering an area of. It has two sets of ramparts and ditches. The inner rampart is between and wide, rising up to in height, with the surrounding inner ditch wide and up to deep. The outer rampart is wide and up to in height, with the outer ditch being wide and up to deep. There are fortified entrances at the east and south west.
Small bronze rings, including an Iron Age terret, were found in the fort in 1884, and Roman coins and masonry have been found nearby, suggesting a possible site of a later Roman Villa. Investigations in 1924 reported a annexe to the south and a nearby Iron Age field system, but no trace of either remain.

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