Shorthill is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Shorthill postcode: SY5 8JD

Retail in Shorthill

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

The area around Shorthill boasts some of the best towns including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Shorthill include River Clun.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are great places to visit near Shorthill if you like castles.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are great places to visit near Shorthill if you like ruins.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Shorthill include Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Telford Centre is a great place to visit close to Shorthill if you like shopping centres.

Shorthill History

There are some historic monuments around Shorthill:

• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's Church
• Motte castle 140m south east of Wilcot Hall
• Bowl barrow on Cothercott Hill, 420m east of New Leasowes Farm.
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Round cairn on Stiperstones, 150m south of Manstone Rock.
• Churchyard cross, St Andrew's Church
• Shrawardine castle and settlement remains
• Little Shrawardine motte and bailey castle
• Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall
• Snailbeach lead mine
• Snailbeach new smeltmill, 350m north east of Green Acres
• Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall
• Moated site, prospect mound and fishponds adjacent to Isle Farm
• Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill, 740m north of Brow Farm
• Wagbeach adit portal, 630m and 640m south of Hogstow Mill
• Ringwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath Farm
• Moated site 480m east of Yeaton Peverey Farm
• The Burgs
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Moated site 400m north west of Whitley Grange
• Kynaston's Cave
• Round cairn south of Cranberry Rock, 460m north east of Bog Cottage
• Tor cairn on Stiperstones, 130m SSE of Manstone Rock.
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Callow Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Moat Farm moated site
• Earl's Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort and an adjacent cross dyke on Pontesford Hill
• The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 50m to the west of St Michael's church.
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorflat
• Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Nag's Head engine house, 230m north of Home Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
• Castle Bank motte and bailey castle, 150m north west of Woolstaston Hall.
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Bowl barrow 320m north east of Upper Darnford
• Roman villa at Cruckton
• Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort on Oak Hill, 600m south east of Crows Nest Farm
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• Ratlinghope Hill camp: a slight univallate hillfort, 600m north east of Brow Farm
• Round cairn 38m NE of OS triangulation pillar on Manstone Rock
• Moated site and an associated field system 240m south of Panson Farm
• Round cairn on Stiperstones, 350m SSW of the Devil's Chair
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorgate
• Castle Ring: a slight univallate hillfort on Stitt Hill, 450m south east of Stitt Cottages
• Bowl barrow 640m north west of Lower Darnford