Bury Walls

Bury Walls is a large multivallate Iron Age hillfort near Weston-under-Redcastle in Shropshire, designated as a scheduled monument. Positioned on a south-facing sandstone promontory at 160 metres elevation, it encloses approximately 8 hectares with dimensions of 520 by 380 metres, making it one of the largest hillforts in the region. Large multivallate hillforts of this class are rare nationally, with only about 50 examples recorded across Britain. Archaeological work in 1930 uncovered rectangular stone structures in the interior originally thought to be medieval, but now considered almost certainly Roman in date. The defensive circuit encompasses a natural spring, and the fort's size suggests it served as a major community centre for economic and social activities.