Mainstone is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Mainstone

There are great places to visit near Mainstone including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.

Towns to visit near Mainstone include Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

The area around Mainstone's best rivers and streams can be found at River Clun.

Castles to visit near Mainstone include Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Don't miss Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Mainstone.

There are a several good villages in the area around Mainstone like Acton Burnell.

Historic Buildings to visit near Mainstone include Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Shopping Centres to visit near Mainstone include Telford Centre.

Mainstone History

There are some historic monuments around Mainstone:

• Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
• Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
• Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill
• Caer-Din
• Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
• Bowl barrow 500m north of The Oak Farm
• Small enclosed settlement on Castle Idris, 400m south west of Penrhiew Lodge
• Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
• Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
• Offa's Dyke: section 730m south east of The Yew Tree
• Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairn
• Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
• Bowl barrow 610m south west of Springhill Cottage
• Small enclosed settlement in Knuck Wood
• Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
• Upper Aldress Moated Site
• Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
• Mellington Hill Round Barrow
• Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
• Round Barrow Near Pennant Pound
• Offa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck Farm
• Bowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton House
• Montgomery Castle
• Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks
• Camp on Llanfair Hill
• Bowl barrow 160m north of Mellin-y-Grogue
• Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
• Pentre Camp
• Bicton motte and bailey castle
• Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
• Caerbre
• Motte and bailey castle 100m west of Holy Trinity Church
• Bowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley Cottage
• Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold
• Bury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of Sunnyhill
• Bicton Ditches
• Simon's Castle
• Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
• Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill
• Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure
• Calcot Camp
• Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
• Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm
• Standing stone 350yds (320m) SE of Whitcott Keysett
• Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
• Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
• Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
• Corndon Hill Round Cairns
• Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
• Small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
• Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
• Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey Castle
• Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
• Motte and bailey castle with associated remains of a medieval village and ridge and furrow cultivation, 200m west of St Peter's Church
• Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden
• Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
• Offa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm Farm
• Radnor Wood Camp
• Offa's Dyke: section 400m south west of Springhill Farm
• Caer-Din Ring: a small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement, an adjacent ancient field boundary, round barrow and cultivation remains
• Round Barrow S of Meagram's Corner
• Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
• Small enclosed settlement on Fron, 340m west of St John's Church
• Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle
• Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
• Bowl barrow on Hergan Hill, 530m north west of Myndtown
• Rockhill Earthwork
• Offa's Dyke: section 890m north west and 320m west of Little Selley
• Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River Unk
• Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palace
• Roundton Hillfort
• Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
• Offa's Dyke: section 575m north west of Myndtown
• The Lower Short Ditch
• Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
• Offa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn Bronydd
• Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
• Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
• Town Bank & Ditches
• Offa's Dyke: section on the western slope of Llanfair Hill, 1.4km south west of Burfield
• Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road