Clun

Clun is in Shropshire Hills AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Created: 10  June  2021  Edited: 29  November  2023

Clun

Local History around Clun

There are some historic monuments around including:

Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworksCnwclas Castle Offa's Dyke: section 400m north and 170m east of Selley HallOffa's Dyke: section 400m south west of Springhill FarmRing cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern HillBowl barrow 300m south of SkyborryRecumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairnCaer Caradoc: a small multivallate hillfortMotte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down FarmBowl barrow on Hergan Hill, 530m north west of MyndtownOffa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm FarmStanding stone 350yds (320m) SE of Whitcott KeysettBowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton HouseCamp on Llanfair HillStanage Mound & Bailey CastleOffa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn BronyddBicton DitchesSmall enclosed settlement in Knuck WoodOffa's Dyke: section 730m south east of The Yew TreeOffa's Dyke: section 575m north west of MyndtownOffa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River UnkRockhill EarthworkOffa's Dyke: section on the western slope of Llanfair Hill, 1.4km south west of BurfieldOffa's Dyke: section 475m north east of Nether SkyborryOffa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck FarmSmall enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm FarmOffa's Dyke: section 890m north west and 320m west of Little SelleyBury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of SunnyhillColstey Bank Iron Age enclosureBowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley CottageOffa's Dyke: section 90m south of BrynorganBowl barrow 500m north of The Oak FarmRadnor Wood CampMotte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of LagdenOffa's Dyke: section 650m east of Cwm-sanahamBicton motte and bailey castle.

Things to do in Clun

    Wildlife in and Around Clun

    Mammals found in Clun

    There have been 35 species of mammals recorded in the clun area.

    (Large White Pig (Original Population))
    55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
    Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
    Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
    Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
    45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
    Badger (Meles meles)
    Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
    Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
    Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

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    Birds found in Clun

    There have been 119 species of birds recorded in the clun area.

    Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
    Blackbird (Turdus merula)
    Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
    Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
    Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
    Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
    Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
    Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
    Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

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    Clun map

    Clun UK Map