Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) (
Welsh – ''Caer Caradog'') is an Iron Age
hill fort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
and Scheduled Monument
in the south-west of the
English county of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, near the town of
Clun. It overlooks the village of
Chapel Lawn.
It is located within an area of Open Access land and can be reached via a public footpath between the farms of Wax Hall to the west and Bryncambric to the east.
This hill fort has the same name as another,
Caer Caradoc
Caer Caradoc ( cy, Caer Caradog, the fort of Caradog) is a hill in the English county of Shropshire. It overlooks the town of Church Stretton and the village of All Stretton and offers panoramic views to the north towards the Wrekin, east to ...
near
Church Stretton, also in Shropshire but to the north-east.
References
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Hill forts in Shropshire
Tourist attractions in Shropshire
Clun