Walcot
Walcot is a Village in the county of Shropshire.
Walcot in Shropshire is located 9.0 km SE from Welshpool.
Walcot postcode: SY15 6BP
There are great places to visit near Walcot including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.
The area around Walcot boasts some of the best towns including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.
The area around Walcot's best rivers and streams can be found at River Clun.
There are a number of castles near Walcot including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.
The area around Walcot boasts some of the best ruins including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.
Acton Burnell is one of Walcot's best, nearby villages to visit in Walcot.
Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is a great place to visit close to Walcot if you like historic buildings.
Don't miss Telford Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Walcot.
Walcot History
There are some historic monuments around Walcot:
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
- Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
- Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
- Railway Transfer Dock at Welshpool
- Mount in Powis Castle Park
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
- Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
- Coed y Dinas Round Barrow
- Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
- Offa's Dyke: Sections extending 675m S from centre of Goppas Wood
- Upper Aldress Moated Site
- Offa's Dyke: two sections running 400yds (370m) S of Camlad Stream Also in Powys: Wales
- Corndon Hill Round Cairns
- Domen Castell Mound and Bailey Castle
- Camp S of Old Hall Sarn
- Mitchell's Fold stone circle, standing stone and cairn 280m south west of Mitchell's Fold
- Hoarstone stone circle and two round cairns 400m north west of Holly Cottage
- Llwynderw Round Barrow
- Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort, 600m south east of Meadowtown Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood
- Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
- Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
- Offa's Dyke: South of School House
- Moated site and fishponds 250m south west of Middleton Farm
- Caer-Din
- Dyffryn Lane Ring Ditches & Pit Alignments (Formerly Dyffryn Lane Round Barrow)
- Maen Beuno
- Nant-Cribau Castle Mound
- Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage
- Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
- Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey Castle
- Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
- Motte castle 50m north of Village Farm
- Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound
- Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House Farm
- Pentre Camp
- Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Cwm By-Road to Hem Road
- Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
- Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
- Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
- Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Section at Pentre Farm
- Mellington Hill Round Barrow
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
- Motte and bailey castle 80m south east of Hockleton Farm
- Mound & Bailey Castle
- Offa's Dyke: Section extending 760m N from centre of Goppas Wood to Hope By-Road
- Beacon Ring Camp (Caer Digoll)
- Strata Marcella Abbey
- Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
- Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
- Offa's Dyke: Section from point 90m S of Chirbury Road to S Boundary of Nant-Cribau Park
- Nant-Cribau Moated House Site
- Trelystan Church House Round Barrows
- Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
- Simon's Castle
- Montgomery Castle
- Forden Gaer Roman Site
- Cefn Llan Hillfort
- Knaps Barrows
- Caerbre
- Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
- Town Bank & Ditches
- Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
- Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section
- Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm
- Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
- Cursus, Llwyn-Wron (revealed by aerial photography)
- Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
- Black Bank Camp
- Hyssington Mound & Bailey Castle
- Powis Castle Park Mound
- Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palace
- Round Barrow on Saddle to E of Corndon Hill
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke Road
- Roundton Hillfort
- Site E of Plas-Llwyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
- Small enclosed Iron Age settlement and a length of an adjacent hollow way, 350m north west of Beechfield
- Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
- Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
- Two bowl barrows 290m north of Upper House Farm
- Calcot Camp
- Motte and bailey castle 150m north east of Wilmington
