Drakelow Hillfort

For the larger hillfort at the northern end of Kinver Edge, see Kinver Edge Hillfort, Staffordshire.

Coordinates: 52°25′32″N 2°15′52″W / 52.42556°N 2.26444°W / 52.42556; -2.26444 Drakelow Hillfort, is a small multivallate Iron Age hillfort, located on a promontory (known as Drakelow Hill) at the southern end of Kinver Edge, in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley, Worcestershire.[1] The hillfort is a scheduled ancient monument.[2]

Notes

  1. SCS staff 2002, p. 10 quotes Miller & Jones 2001 who use the name Drakelow Hillfort in a survey by the Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Service.
  2. Historic England 1010721.

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