Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wrekin, The

Wrekin, The, craggy hill, Shropshire, 2½ miles SW. of Wellington, alt. 1320 ft.; the summit commands an extensive prospect, and is occupied by an ancient fortification.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "crag"   (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations")
Administrative units: Shropshire AncC
Place names: THE WREKIN     |     WREKIN     |     WREKIN THE
Place: Wrekin

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