Mainstone is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Mainstone

There are great places to visit near Mainstone including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.

There are a several good towns in the Mainstone area like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

River Clun is a great place to visit close to Mainstone if you like rivers and streams.

Don't miss Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle's castles if visiting the area around Mainstone.

There are a number of ruins near Mainstone including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

There are a several good villages in the area around Mainstone like Acton Burnell.

Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is one of Mainstone's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Mainstone.

Shopping Centres to visit near Mainstone include Telford Centre.

Mainstone History

There are some historic monuments around Mainstone:

• Small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm Farm
• Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
• Offa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn Bronydd
• Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
• Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill
• Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
• Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
• Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
• Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
• Bowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton House
• Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairn
• Offa's Dyke: section 400m south west of Springhill Farm
• Offa's Dyke: section on the western slope of Llanfair Hill, 1.4km south west of Burfield
• Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold
• Round Barrow S of Meagram's Corner
• Caer-Din
• Standing stone 350yds (320m) SE of Whitcott Keysett
• Corndon Hill Round Cairns
• Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
• Round Barrow Near Pennant Pound
• Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
• Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
• Bowl barrow on Hergan Hill, 530m north west of Myndtown
• Rockhill Earthwork
• Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey Castle
• Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
• Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
• Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
• Bowl barrow 610m south west of Springhill Cottage
• Offa's Dyke: section 890m north west and 320m west of Little Selley
• Camp on Llanfair Hill
• Radnor Wood Camp
• Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
• Town Bank & Ditches
• Small enclosed settlement in Knuck Wood
• Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River Unk
• Bicton Ditches
• Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure
• Roundton Hillfort
• Upper Aldress Moated Site
• Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill
• Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
• Offa's Dyke: section 575m north west of Myndtown
• Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
• Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
• Small enclosed settlement on Castle Idris, 400m south west of Penrhiew Lodge
• Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
• Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
• Pentre Camp
• Offa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm Farm
• Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
• Calcot Camp
• Bowl barrow 500m north of The Oak Farm
• Mellington Hill Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: section 730m south east of The Yew Tree
• Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm
• Bicton motte and bailey castle
• Bury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of Sunnyhill
• Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
• Simon's Castle
• Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
• Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palace
• Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
• Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle
• Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
• The Lower Short Ditch
• Motte and bailey castle 100m west of Holy Trinity Church
• Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden
• Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
• Montgomery Castle
• Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks
• Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
• Offa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck Farm
• Bowl barrow 160m north of Mellin-y-Grogue
• Motte and bailey castle with associated remains of a medieval village and ridge and furrow cultivation, 200m west of St Peter's Church
• Small enclosed settlement on Fron, 340m west of St John's Church
• Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
• Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
• Caer-Din Ring: a small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement, an adjacent ancient field boundary, round barrow and cultivation remains
• Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
• Caerbre
• Bowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley Cottage