Coxall Knoll is a hill lying on the boundary 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 th ...

and

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, England; it is near Bucknell in Shropshire and

Buckton and Coxall Buckton and Coxall is a civil parish in north Herefordshire, England. Buckton and Coxall are hamlets in the parish. Coxall has a Baptist chapel situated on the B4367 road, where there is a Royal Mail post box too. The chapel and post box are on ...

in Herefordshire. On the summit is an

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

hillfort, a

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Description

The height of the hill is and it has a prominence of . The hillfort Brandon Camp lies about to the east-south-east, across the River Teme, and there are buried remains of Roman camps in between, including Buckton Roman Fort; so it is supposed that there was activity in the area into the Roman period. The hillfort on the summit is roughly oval in shape, measuring about west to east and north to south. There are earthen banks following the contours of the hill; the slopes below have been made steeper by the builders of the fort. The main enclosure, with three banks and ditches to the north, has an area of about . Adjoining is a roughly triangular eastern enclosure with an area of about , and an enclosure to the north of this with an area of about . These two seem to be additions to the main enclosure."Coxall Knoll"
''Roman Britain''. Retrieved 13 April 2022. The main entrance to the fort, on the west side, is defined by inturned banks. The south entrance is at the junction of the east and west enclosures. In the north there are two breaks in the banks. In the northern enclosure there is a recumbent stone, perhaps dating from the Bronze Age. It is known, because of its shape, as the Frog Stone. There is no trace of a hollow where it might have once stood upright; it may have been placed here by the builders of the fort, or by earlier inhabitants.

References

{{Iron Age hillforts in England Scheduled monuments in Shropshire Hills of Herefordshire Hills of Shropshire Hill forts in Shropshire