Chirbury
Chirbury is a Village in the county of Shropshire.
Chirbury postcode: SY15 6EP
There are great places to visit near Chirbury including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.
Chirbury has some unmissable towns nearby like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Chirbury like River Clun.
There are a several good castles in the Chirbury area like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.
Don't miss Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Chirbury.
The area around Chirbury's best villages can be found at Acton Burnell.
Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is one of Chirbury's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Chirbury.
Telford Centre is a great place to visit close to Chirbury if you like shopping centres.
Chirbury History
There are some historic monuments around Chirbury:
- Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
- Two bowl barrows 290m north of Upper House Farm
- Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
- Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
- Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
- Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
- Black Bank Camp
- Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
- Montgomery Castle
- Camp S of Old Hall Sarn
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
- Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
- Domen Castell Mound and Bailey Castle
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke Road
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
- Motte castle 50m north of Village Farm
- Motte and bailey castle 80m south east of Hockleton Farm
- Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
- Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
- Caer-Din
- Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
- Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
- Pentre Camp
- Knaps Barrows
- Town Bank & Ditches
- Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
- Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Cwm By-Road to Hem Road
- Trelystan Church House Round Barrows
- Railway Transfer Dock at Welshpool
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
- Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
- Coed y Dinas Round Barrow
- Cursus, Llwyn-Wron (revealed by aerial photography)
- Mount in Powis Castle Park
- Hoarstone stone circle and two round cairns 400m north west of Holly Cottage
- Small enclosed Iron Age settlement and a length of an adjacent hollow way, 350m north west of Beechfield
- Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
- Caerbre
- Offa's Dyke: South of School House
- Llwynderw Round Barrow
- Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood
- Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle
- Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
- Simon's Castle
- Offa's Dyke: two sections running 400yds (370m) S of Camlad Stream Also in Powys: Wales
- Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound
- Mound & Bailey Castle
- The Lower Short Ditch
- Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River Unk
- Moated site and fishponds 250m south west of Middleton Farm
- Beacon Ring Camp (Caer Digoll)
- Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
- Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section
- Mellington Hill Round Barrow
- Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
- Powis Castle Park Mound
- Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort, 600m south east of Meadowtown Farm
- Cefn Llan Hillfort
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House Farm
- Nant-Cribau Castle Mound
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
- Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill
- Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey Castle
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
- Forden Gaer Roman Site
- Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold
- Offa's Dyke: Sections extending 675m S from centre of Goppas Wood
- Maen Beuno
- Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
- Upper Aldress Moated Site
- Offa's Dyke: Section at Pentre Farm
- Dyffryn Lane Ring Ditches & Pit Alignments (Formerly Dyffryn Lane Round Barrow)
- Nant-Cribau Moated House Site
- Offa's Dyke: Section from point 90m S of Chirbury Road to S Boundary of Nant-Cribau Park
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
- Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm
- Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palace
- Site E of Plas-Llwyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage
- Calcot Camp
- Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
- Offa's Dyke: Section extending 760m N from centre of Goppas Wood to Hope By-Road
- Motte and bailey castle 150m north east of Wilmington
- Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
- Roundton Hillfort
- Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
- Corndon Hill Round Cairns
