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:

Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River UnkBowl barrow 500m north of The Oak FarmBowl barrow on Hergan Hill, 530m north west of MyndtownBowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton HouseBicton motte and bailey castleSmall enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm FarmOffa's Dyke: section 400m south west of Springhill FarmCaer Caradoc: a small multivallate hillfortRing cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern HillColstey Bank Iron Age enclosureOffa's Dyke: section 90m south of BrynorganOffa's Dyke: section 475m north east of Nether SkyborryOffa's Dyke: section 575m north west of MyndtownCamp on Llanfair HillOffa's Dyke: section 890m north west and 320m west of Little SelleyOffa's Dyke: section 730m south east of The Yew TreeRecumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairnSmall enclosed settlement in Knuck WoodBowl barrow 300m south of SkyborryOffa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck FarmBicton DitchesCnwclas Castle Radnor Wood CampOffa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn BronyddMotte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of LagdenBury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of SunnyhillOffa's Dyke: section 400m north and 170m east of Selley HallBowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley CottageOffa's Dyke: section on the western slope of Llanfair Hill, 1.4km south west of BurfieldStanage Mound & Bailey CastleRockhill EarthworkMotte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down FarmOffa's Dyke: section 650m east of Cwm-sanahamClun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworksOffa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm FarmStanding stone 350yds (320m) SE of Whitcott Keysett.

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