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Nordy Bank, the Glossary

Nordy Bank is an Iron Age hill fort on Brown Clee Hill in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in South Shropshire, England.^[1]

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17 relations: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, British Iron Age, Bronze Age, Brown Clee Hill, Clee St. Margaret, Earthworks (archaeology), Hillfort, Iron Age, Jack Mytton Way, Ludlow, Market town, Nordy Bank (novel), Sheena Porter, Shropshire, Shropshire Hills National Landscape, Shropshire Way, Spur (topography).
Hills of Shropshire

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46) or AMAAA was a law passed by the UK government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of England and Wales, and Scotland.

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British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Brown Clee Hill

Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at above sea level. Nordy Bank and Brown Clee Hill are hills of Shropshire.

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Clee St. Margaret

Clee St.

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Earthworks (archaeology)

In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Jack Mytton Way

The Jack Mytton Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway for horseriders, hillwalkers and mountain bikers in mid and south Shropshire, England.

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Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Nordy Bank (novel)

Nordy Bank is a children's adventure novel by Sheena Porter, published by Oxford in 1964 with illustrations by Annette Macarthur-Onslow.

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Sheena Porter

Sheena Porter (born 1935) is a British author of children's novels.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordy_Bank