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PRESS RELEASE: Revised housing plans do nothing to avert terminal damage to archaeological jewel

March 24, 2022 Old Oswestry 0

Revised housing plans do nothing to avert terminal damage to archaeological jewel, say campaigners. After a two-year silence, developers are mounting a fourth bid to […]

PRESS RELEASE: Woolly friends keep conservation efforts going on Shropshire hillfort during coronavirus lockdown

June 16, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

The country may have been on lockdown since March, but landscape maintenance at Old Oswestry hillfort has been boosted by the arrival of a new […]

PRESS RELEASE: Outcry as Historic England’s defence folds over major housing development in setting of one of Britain’s outstanding hillforts

May 4, 2020 Old Oswestry 2

– Historic England deals late blow to community’s 8-year fight to save the setting of one of Britain’s outstanding Iron Age hillforts from housing development […]

PRESS RELEASE: Council website struggles under weight of objections to hillfort development with Shropshire-born academic and TV personality Mary Beard giving boost to campaign

April 20, 2020 Old Oswestry 1

The renowned academic, Professor Dame Mary Beard, has added her voice to nationwide concerns over major development in Old Oswestry hillfort’s historical setting. The Much […]

PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners make final stand as deadline looms to save hillfort’s landscape

April 9, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners are urging people to unite one more time to protect Old Oswestry hillfort’s historic setting as an 8-year fight over development reaches a climax. […]

PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners braced for revised plans for hillfort estate after developer shelves latest scheme

March 11, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners say they are ready to fight on as Galliers Homes withdraws plans for a 100-house estate in the near landscape of Old Oswestry hillfort […]

PRESS RELEASE: Open evening will reveal latest plans for Shropshire hillfort management and volunteering

February 11, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

A new programme of landscape maintenance and volunteering at Old Oswestry hillfort will be the focus of an open meeting next month. Members of the […]

PRESS RELEASE: Housing plans in hillfort landscape ignore development boundaries, say campaigners

October 21, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Plans for controversial housing on the outskirts of Oswestry breach development ‘red lines’ within the landscape of Old Oswestry, one of Britain’s most important Iron […]

PRESS RELEASE: Heritage events explore hillfort’s cultural value, from archaeology to mental health

September 10, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Discovering heritage makes us feel good, research has shown*, and one Shropshire hillfort will be highlighting why as part of a forthcoming national festival. A […]

PRESS RELEASE: TV historian warns of damage to heritage landscape and tourism value amid flood of objections to hillfort housing plans

July 29, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

The esteemed historian and media figure, Professor Michael Wood, has expressed serious concern over plans to build houses within ‘the fascinating historic landscape’ of Old […]

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  • PRESS RELEASE: Woolly friends keep conservation efforts going on Shropshire hillfort during coronavirus lockdown
  • PRESS RELEASE: Outcry as Historic England’s defence folds over major housing development in setting of one of Britain’s outstanding hillforts
  • PRESS RELEASE: Council website struggles under weight of objections to hillfort development with Shropshire-born academic and TV personality Mary Beard giving boost to campaign
  • PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners make final stand as deadline looms to save hillfort’s landscape

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