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is a very similarly shaped hill and on the same alignment, some 10 miles (16 km) to the north-east. Caer
Caradoc can be fairly easily climbed from Church Stretton but the ascent/descent is steep; a more gentle climb is from the village of
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Much of the hill is composed from volcanic rocks, like the Wrekin and other hills, formed of narrow ridges of resistant
Precambrian rock thrust upwards by movements deep down along the Church Stretton Fault. This fault line runs from
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Caer
Caradoc rises sharply out of a narrow valley known as the Stretton Gap. It is the highest point on a high, narrow, northeast–southwest "whaleback ridge", sometimes called a hogsback ridge.
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387:"Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill (1010723)"
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This article is about the hill above Church
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Looking up towards Caer
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467:"Ancient Worlds - The legend of Caractacus"
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423:National Heritage List for England
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1980:Tourist attractions in Shropshire
227:another hillfort of the same name
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532:Iron Age hillforts in England
193:, the fort of Caradog) is a
1577:King's Castle, Wiveliscombe
221:, and west over the nearby
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16:Hill in Shropshire, England
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58:1,506 ft (459 m)
21:Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn)
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324:Roman conquest of Britain
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1975:Hill forts in Shropshire
68:889 ft (271 m)
445:"Church Stretton fault"
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351:52.55302°N 2.77279°W
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1965:Marilyns of England
1701:Thundersbarrow Hill
1175:Old Winchester Hill
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209:and the village of
1145:Hamble Common Camp
1067:Greater Manchester
1001:Hollingbury Castle
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1438:Rainsborough Camp
1297:Wilbury Hill Camp
915:Chalbury Hillfort
895:Abbotsbury Castle
691:Kelsborrow Castle
639:Desborough Castle
613:Kings Weston Hill
587:Perborough Castle
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1884:Berrow Hill Camp
1858:Vespasian's Camp
1848:Scratchbury Camp
1753:Battlesbury Camp
1495:Uffington Castle
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1205:Whitsbury Castle
1150:King John's Hill
1130:Frankenbury Camp
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1433:Hunsbury Hill
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1412:Stanwick Camp
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1407:Maiden Castle
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1285:Hertfordshire
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1261:Ivington Camp
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1256:Garmsley Camp
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1226:Aconbury Camp
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1219:Herefordshire
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1200:Toothill Fort
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1053:Kimsbury Camp
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965:Maiden Castle
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960:Lewesdon Hill
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935:Eggardon Hill
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925:Dudsbury Camp
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1853:Sidbury Hill
1828:Membury Camp
1818:Knook Castle
1808:Fosbury Camp
1778:Castle Rings
1551:Old Oswestry
1541:Coxall Knoll
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1511:Bayston Hill
1454:Castle Knowe
1428:Borough Hill
1381:Holkham Camp
1318:Oldbury Camp
1313:Bigbury Camp
1292:Arbury Banks
1271:Sutton Walls
1251:Dinedor Camp
1246:Croft Ambrey
1236:British Camp
1231:Brandon Camp
1195:Tidbury Ring
1185:Quarley Hill
1125:Dunwood Camp
1006:Mount Caburn
930:Dungeon Hill
905:Banbury Hill
853:Carrock Fell
827:Treryn Dinas
772:Kelly Rounds
762:Dodman Point
608:Clifton Camp
592:Walbury Camp
582:Membury Camp
567:Bussock Camp
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1889:Berry Mound
1727:Castle Hill
1706:The Trundle
1669:West Sussex
1629:Castle Ring
1536:Caus Castle
1473:Oxfordshire
1386:Warham Camp
1344:Warton Crag
1334:Castercliff
1276:Wapley Hill
1266:Poston Camp
1241:Capler Camp
1140:Gorley Hill
1110:Castle Hill
1048:Cleeve Hill
1027:Danish Camp
994:East Sussex
985:Woolsbarrow
970:Pilsdon Pen
858:Castle Crag
792:Maen Castle
777:Kelsey Head
757:Chûn Castle
752:Castle Goff
747:Castle Dore
727:Cadson Bury
686:Helsby Hill
655:Stonea Camp
354: /
322:during the
231:Chapel Lawn
90:Native name
1954:Categories
1788:Chiselbury
1619:Berth Hill
1614:Berry Ring
1556:The Wrekin
1546:Nordy Bank
1521:Bury Walls
1504:Shropshire
1327:Lancashire
1160:Ladle Hill
1155:Knoll Camp
867:Derbyshire
782:Lescudjack
722:Black Head
366:References
339:52°33′11″N
297:Bronze Age
247:Cardington
242:The Wrekin
217:, east to
215:the Wrekin
203:Shropshire
166:Landranger
119:Shropshire
64:Prominence
1833:Old Sarum
1803:Cley Hill
1763:Bury Camp
1736:Wiltshire
1624:Bury Bank
1598:Wincobank
1593:Carl Wark
1402:Eston Nab
1339:Portfield
1135:The Frith
1100:Bury Hill
1083:Hampshire
1058:Uley Bury
812:The Rumps
807:Rame Head
732:Caer Bran
681:Eddisbury
560:Berkshire
342:2°46′22″W
300:hill fort
223:Long Mynd
110:Geography
54:Elevation
1909:Drakelow
1783:Chisbury
1565:Somerset
1210:Woolbury
1120:Danebury
950:Hod Hill
715:Cornwall
669:Cheshire
471:Archived
429:13 April
398:13 April
310:meaning
295:or late
293:Iron Age
235:Bucknell
168:137, 138
158:Topo map
150:SO477953
115:Location
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879:Mam Tor
874:Fin Cop
846:Cumbria
701:Oakmere
676:Bradley
601:Bristol
485:Tacitus
451:8 April
328:Tacitus
259:England
197:in the
144:OS grid
123:England
79:Marilyn
74:Listing
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308:Welsh
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233:near
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102:Welsh
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