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English Heritage Sites in and around Shropshire

Shropshire English Heritage Sites
Acton Burnell Castle
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Acton Burnell
Shrewsbury SY5 7PF
Acton Burnell Castle
 
English Heritage. The remains of a fortified manor house built in the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Chancellor of England and close friend of King Edward the First. The King was a regular visitor and it is said that he convened one of the first English Parliaments here in 1263.
Boscobel House and the Royal Oak
t:  01902 850244
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Brewood
Bishops Wood ST19 9AR
Boscobel House and the Royal Oak
 
English Heritage - King Charles II hid in the house and the nearby Royal Oak to avoid capture by Cromwell's troops.
Buildwas Abbey
t:  01952 433274
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Buildwas
Ironbridge TF87 BW
Buildwas Abbey
 
English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.
Clun Castle
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Clun SY7 8JA
Clun Castle
 
This ruined Borderland castle, is perched high on two ice age mounds overlooking the South Shropshire town of Clun.
Haughmond Abbey
t:  01743 709661
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Upton Magna
Shrewsbury SY4 4RV
Haughmond Abbey
 
 
English Heritage - Extensive remains of 12th century Augustinian Abbey
Lilleshall Abbey
t:  0121 625 6820
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Near Newport
Lilleshall Abbey
 
 
Extensive ruins of abbey of Augustinian canons, including remains of the 12th and 13th-century church and the cloister buildings.
Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Nr Bishops Castle
Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle
 
 
English Heritage: bronze-age stone circle located in a dramatic moorland setting in South Shropshire near to Bishops Castle.
Moreton Corbet Castle
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Near Shrewsbury
Moreton Corbet Castle
 
 
Picturesque remains of an 11th Century castle and an Elizabethan mansion house - English Heritage
Stokesay Castle
t:  01588 672544
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Craven Arms SY7 9AH
Stokesay Castle
 
 
English Heritage. Beautiful perfectly preserved 13th-century fortified manor house - the best example of its type in England.
Wenlock Priory
t:  01952 727466
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Much Wenlock
Wenlock Priory
 
 
English Heritage - Beautiful remains of large Cluniac Priory
White Ladies Priory
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Near Shifnal
White Ladies Priory
 
 
English Heritage - The ruins of a late 12th -century church of the small priory of Augustinian canonesses. Located halfway between the A41 and A5 north of Albrighton
Wroxeter Roman City
t:  01743 761330
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w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Wroxeter
Shrewsbury SY5 6PH
Wroxeter Roman City
 
 
English Heritage. Roman name "Viroconium", the excavated remains of the second largest Roman city in Britain. Impressive ruins include 2nd century baths and remains of a huge gateway. According to Graham Phillips in his book ?King Arthur ? The True Story?, King Arthur moved into the abandoned Viroconium after the Romans left and re-named it Camelot!

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