Burrow (Shropshire) Explained

Burrow
Elevation M:358
Elevation Ref: [1]
Prominence:c. 189 m 
Parent Peak:Pegwn Mawr
Listing:Marilyn
Location:Shropshire, England
Range:Shropshire Hills
Grid Ref Uk:SO381830
Topo:OS Landranger 137 

Burrow is a hill in Shropshire with an Iron Age hill fort at the summit known as Burrow Camp. The nearest villages are Hopesay and Aston-on-Clun. It includes a large number of hut platforms, and two natural springs.[2]

At 15:45 on 13 September 1943 a Vickers Wellington crashed on the hill. The flight was part of a cross-country and practice bombing exercise from RAF Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire. The crew encountered a severe thunderstorm above south Shropshire and was seen to be struck by lightning while flying over Lydbury North causing the plane to catch fire and lose height before disintegrating on the hilltop killing all eight crew members.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Hewitts and Marilyns of England . Region 38 Welsh Borders . TACit Press . Alan Dawson . 1997 . 0-9522680-7-8 . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809203255/http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/england/marreg38.htm . 2011-08-09 . dead .
  2. Book: John Newman, Nikolaus Pevsner . Nikolaus Pevsner . amp . 2006 . 2nd . Shropshire . . . 978-0-300-12083-7 . Hopesay . 306–307 .
  3. Book: Thomas Thorne . 2013 . Pancakes and Prangs: Twentieth-century Military Aircraft Accidents in Shropshire . Bridge Books . 978-1-84494-087-5 . 166–167.