Rachel Pope talks about the old Oswestry Hillfort on BBC Radio 4

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Dr Rachel Pope appeared on BBC Radio 4's Open Country programme on Saturday, 23 April, talking to Helen Mark about the Iron-Age Hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire, which has come to be known as the "Stonehenge of the Iron Age".

Rachel discusses how current plans for housing in this area might affect the landscape and talks about how the size and scale of the Western entrance ramparts help to position the Hillfort as one of the most important Iron-Age monuments in England.

Learn more and listen to the discussions about the Hillfort on BBC i-player (duration: 25 minutes).

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