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