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Name:Castle Ring
Hill number:5390
Height:242m / 794ft
Section:39: Central and Eastern England
Classification:Tu,2,sHu,Cm
Drop:98m
Col:144.2m  SK 0065 0423  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1247707/03/2016SK 04316 12895  F: Edge of path 10m N of survey rivet.
O: Man made bank of hill fort
RichardM
Summit
Jim
1594109/10/2016SK 04316 12896  F: Edge of path about 10m N beyond square concrete pad with OS rivet.Aye Jimmy
Summit
Jim
-1973121/05/2011SK 04315 12899  F: path edge on top of embankment
O: this point is 12m N of spot height marker (SK 04314 12886)
S: Abney level
jimbloomer
Summit
-1973207/01/2015SK 04314 12886  F: spot height marker
S: Abney level
jonglew
Subpoint
1
598507/01/2015SK 04314 12886  F: Base of a trig pillar, now a surface block
O: GPS set to waypoint averaging to improve GR accuracy
jonglew
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SE



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Completed on a circular with Wimblebury Hill, Hednesford Hills and Rawnsley Hills. Great site with some historical importance. Easy to access from car park.jessicahickman28/03/2024
Loop of 6 hills, disappointingly bland! Hopefully the northern end of the Chase is prettier! Parked on Rugeley Road below Rawnsley Hill just after the last house. Rawnsley Hill, Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Castle Ring, Wimblebury Hill, Hednesford Hills. 15km in 3 hrs.Nicky C18/12/2023
malcorbett18/05/2023
Walked up Castle Ring on a midnight ghost hunt.jessicahickman28/05/2022
With Mike L from car park.Wycombe Wanderer29/04/2022
Car park closed at 18:00 so parked nearby and walked up from thereJK12/03/2022
3 of3 on 4.5 mile hike with with of my 4 lads Cody, Reece and Joey. Really interesting place could of sat for a while and pondered the history but moaning youngsters soon moved us onThe-Z-Man22/02/2022
From Castle Ring Road, after Wimblebury Hill.Wheelsy22/02/2022
Part of a 30km day walk around the Chase for no apparent reasonsturuss27/12/2021
johnkenyon19/11/2021
What a lovely little place. Free car park to south of fort. A pleasant clockwise stroll. Solo. One of Dewey’s Notable Hill Tops.Dangerous Dave10/07/2021
Icarus2813/06/2021
walked up and around many times with the dogdavert12305/05/2021
Short walk from free car park to S around impressive ancient earthworks to HP. Nearby is rivet in concrete. Cold damp grey day, but lots of people out enjoying their permitted tier 4 exercise.Denise 01/01/2021
Circuit starting at Castle Ring taking in Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Rawnsley and Hednesford Hills and Wimblebury Hill. A decent hill fort though lower slopes heavily bracken-infested at this time of year.milimana03/08/2020
andrew brown03/08/2020
ARC02/07/2020
Tony J30/06/2020
rickeeling06/05/2020
From Wimblebury Hill, through Prospect Village, along the roads to Cannock Wood and up good tracks to the top. Made way to Rugeley afterwards on some good/some muddy tracks and under Stile Cop.Andrew Pearson10/01/2020
From the car park at SK 0447 1265, up steps & followed the path along the inner rampart of this large Iron Age hill fort. The high point lies at the edge of the path, about 10m N. of an OS brass rivet set into a concrete base. (S)gerrybowes23/12/2019
Sprog07/12/2019
Great midweek outing today picking off a few Cannock Chase tops by bike between Rugeley and Stafford.Alex C22/10/2019
From car park easy stroll to top. Good views.PeterD23/09/2019
Andy West07/09/2019
bwm28/05/2019
peterstanding13/05/2019
Rhino48 08/04/2019
From Car Park, cold and a bit windyM6KIO12/01/2019
From nearby car park on Holly Hill Road, short walk up to Hill Fort and summit.mart079727/12/2018
4th hill of 8 on a 26.9km route from Rugeley to Hednesford Station, climbing Stile Cop, Upper Cliff and Rawnsley Hills, descending steeply to the road then briefly on fp SE before cutting across bracken to good track, following this SE then Ese, taking fp NE then climbing up over one of the embankments to reach the level top, recording 241m @ SK 04317 12900. I went backwards and forwards along this level section before descending Sw onto Holly Hill road then linking fp to Cumberledge Hill, continuing to Wimblebury Hill...Dazingdale25/11/2018
otis.laws04/11/2018
Hednesford - Littleton Colliery - Badger's Hills - Rawnsley Hills - Upper Cliff - Stile Cop - Castle Ring - Wimblebury Hill - Hednesford Hills - Hednesford.Mark Jackson22/09/2018
Quick walk round the ring. Impressive hill fort. With Bryher and Rick.jenx01/04/2018
PGCE30/03/2018
Cold sunny walk up with the family. Started from Beaudesert car park. 86m ascent.RoguePulsar07/01/2018
I was with my family. We started at Beaudesert car park.speedyclimber07/01/2018
A interesting iron-age hill fort. Easy access.Alan Moore23/10/2017
Circuit of the SE Cannock Chase hills - Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Rawnsley Hills, Hednesford Hills, Wimblebury Hill and Castle Ring. Start / finish at Stile Cop car park. (Free - Forestry Commission).BobHancock18/09/2017
Walked around the hill fort as part of detour off Heart of England wayD SID05/09/2017
With K, RM, S and LS. Quick ring around the hill fort from car park. Surprised at view North to Peak District.Ashley09/07/2017
Bug09/07/2017
From Stile Cop. A fun wet downhill section led to a fairly extended uphill pull along the heart of England way. Found the converted trig A fairly decent viewpoint. get rid of the treetops!stig_nest13/03/2017
Visited as part of a MTA environmental learning course.Wheelsy11/03/2017
higlett11/03/2017
This Hump has its very own carpark within strolling distance of the summit.David Evans04/03/2017
Wandered round the sloping castle ring with the high point at its northern side and tried to imagine what it was like 2500 years agovegibagger27/12/2016
Nice stroll around the hill fort and decent views.twg2728/10/2016
Pleasant spot and busy. Summit at edge of path about 10m further N than square concrete pad with OS rivet.Aye Jimmy09/10/2016
richtea504002/10/2016