Brompton
Brompton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.
Brompton postcode: SY5 6LE
There are great places to visit near Brompton including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.
Brompton has some unmissable towns nearby like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Brompton like River Clun.
The area around Brompton boasts some of the best castles including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.
The area around Brompton boasts some of the best ruins including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.
The area around Brompton's best villages can be found at Acton Burnell.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Brompton including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.
Don't miss Telford Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Brompton.
Brompton History
There are some historic monuments around Brompton:
- Corndon Hill Round Cairns
- Pentre Camp
- The Lower Short Ditch
- Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
- Offa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm Farm
- Small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm Farm
- Forden Gaer Roman Site
- Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound
- Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
- Upper Short Ditch Also in Powys: Wales
- Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke Road
- Moated site and fishponds 250m south west of Middleton Farm
- Simon's Castle
- Roundton Hillfort
- Upper Short Ditch
- Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
- Upper Aldress Moated Site
- Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey Castle
- Henfron Moated Site
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
- Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold
- Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood
- Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill
- Wantyn Dyke
- Site E of Plas-Llwyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Calcot Camp
- Montgomery Castle
- Bicton motte and bailey castle
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
- Motte and bailey castle 150m north east of Wilmington
- Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure
- Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River Unk
- Cefn Llan Hillfort
- Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
- Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
- Offa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck Farm
- Dyffryn Lane Ring Ditches & Pit Alignments (Formerly Dyffryn Lane Round Barrow)
- Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
- Bowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton House
- Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage
- Nant-Cribau Moated House Site
- Llwynderw Round Barrow
- Small enclosed settlement on Fron, 340m west of St John's Church
- Mellington Hill Round Barrow
- Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
- Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
- Offa's Dyke: Section from point 90m S of Chirbury Road to S Boundary of Nant-Cribau Park
- Bowl barrow on Hergan Hill, 530m north west of Myndtown
- Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
- Mound & Bailey Castle
- Caer-Din
- Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
- Offa's Dyke: two sections running 400yds (370m) S of Camlad Stream Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn Bronydd
- Town Bank & Ditches
- Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
- Caer-Din Ring: a small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement, an adjacent ancient field boundary, round barrow and cultivation remains
- Motte and bailey castle 80m south east of Hockleton Farm
- Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
- Camp S of Old Hall Sarn
- Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
- Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle
- Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort, 600m south east of Meadowtown Farm
- Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
- Mount Pleasant Enclosure
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
- Maen Beuno
- Nant-Cribau Castle Mound
- Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
- Small enclosed settlement on Castle Idris, 400m south west of Penrhiew Lodge
- Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
- Caerbre
- Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
- Small enclosed settlement in Knuck Wood
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House Farm
- Standing stone 350yds (320m) SE of Whitcott Keysett
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Cwm By-Road to Hem Road
- Offa's Dyke: section 575m north west of Myndtown
