The military history of Shropshire from the prehistoric period to the 20th century, with close examination of the historic environment and landscape.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

This volume assesses marsh-forts as a separate phenomenon within Iron Age society through an understanding of their landscape context and palaeoenvironmental development. These substantial monuments appear to have been deliberately constructed to control areas of marginal wetland and may have played an important role in the ritual landscape.