34-615: Ercall may relate to a number of things in Shropshire, England: Ercall Hill , a small hill to the north of the Wrekin near Wellington High Ercall , a small village in Telford and Wrekin borough Ercall Magna, a civil parish covering High Ercall and neighbouring places Child's Ercall , a small village and civil parish located between Newport and Market Drayton [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
68-788: A date of 526+/-28Ma has been put forward for this. In 2017, the discount retailer Poundland launched a rival chocolate bar to the Toblerone , which is manufactured by Mondelēz . Poundland's bar, Twin Peaks, takes the design of its shape from The Ercall and Wrekin hills. Poundland is based in the West Midlands , and its founder, Steve Smith, lives near Bridgnorth in Shropshire. 52°40′58″N 2°31′46″W / 52.68291°N 2.52952°W / 52.68291; -2.52952 The Wrekin The Wrekin ( / ˈ r iː k ɪ n / REE -kin )
102-519: A fog descends and takes away my visibility..." In Edward Lear 's A Book of Nonsense , one of the limericks starts: There was an Old Man of the Wrekin Whose shoes made a horrible creaking In 2017, during an attempt by the high-street chain Poundland to challenge the trademark of Mondelēz 's Toblerone bar with their own Twin Peaks confectionery, they claimed that the latter was inspired by
136-587: A giant-sized spadeful of earth and set off towards the town. When in the vicinity of Wellington he met a cobbler returning from Shrewsbury market with a large sackful of shoes for repair. The giant asked him for directions, adding that he was going to dump his spadeful of earth in the River Severn and flood the town. "It's a very long way to Shrewsbury," replied the quick-thinking shoemaker. "Look at all these shoes I've worn out walking back from there!" The giant immediately decided to abandon his enterprise and dumped
170-611: A large group of people all held hands, surrounding the hill at the base. The Wrekin has a cheese named after it called Wrekin White, which is produced and sold in a dairy in Newport, Shropshire . In September 2010, Wiccans conducted a wicker man burning ceremony at the Wrekin to celebrate the autumnal equinox . The Wrekin is mentioned in Poem XXXI of A.E. Housman 's collection A Shropshire Lad . The first stanza runs: On Wenlock Edge
204-504: A late 11th century Worcester cartulary , spelled Wreocensetun . Its modern form is believed to have come into modern English by way of Mercian , and that is likely to have been taken from the British Celtic Wrikon- . Dinlle Wrecon meaning the fort of Wrecon appears as a place name in the early Welsh poems known as Canu Heledd . There is an Iron Age hill fort on the summit almost 8 ha (20 acres) in size, to which
238-719: A succession of rocks of early Carboniferous age including limestone , the Little Wenlock Basalt and the Lydebrook Sandstone. Structurally, the Wrekin together with the Ercall forms part of the Church Stretton Complex where different geological terranes meet. The Cymru Terrane is to the west with the Wrekin Terrane to the east of the fault system. The fault system trends north-northeast:south-southwest and
272-456: A volcanic island arc , similar to modern Japan – are approximately 680 million years old. Dolerite dykes intruded the extrusive volcanic rocks around 563 million years ago. A variety of the intrusive igneous rock granophyre , known as Ercallite forms the northeastern shoulder of the Ercall. It was put in place around 560 million years ago and is overlain by Cambrian rocks of sedimentary origin. The southeastern side of
306-529: Is a beacon which emits a red pulse of light every few seconds at night. A beacon was originally erected on the Wrekin during the Second World War to warn aircraft, and was kept in operation until 1960. A new beacon was then installed in 2000, as part of a project to celebrate the new millennium. It is known locally as the "Wrekin Beacon", and is visible for many miles around. The trig point and toposcope at
340-527: Is a hill in east Shropshire , England. It is located some five miles (8 km) west of Telford , on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin . Rising above the Shropshire Plain to a height of 407 metres (1,335 ft) above sea level, it is a prominent and well-known landmark, signalling the entrance to Shropshire for travellers westbound on the M54 motorway . The Wrekin
374-565: Is also present in the woods. [1] The hill is accessed in much the same way as The Wrekin nearby; exit the M54 motorway at J7 (last exit) or the last junction of the A5 from Shrewsbury before it becomes the M54. From there The Wrekin is signposted; follow this road until you reach The Wrekin, then follow the sign for the Buckatree Hotel. There is a small car park across the road from this pub/hotel, and
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#1732852684258408-761: Is contained within the northern salient of the Shropshire Hills AONB . The hill is popular with walkers and tourists and offers good views of Shropshire. It can be seen well into Staffordshire and the Black Country , and even as far as the Beetham Tower in Manchester, Winter Hill in Lancashire and Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire. The earliest mention of the Wrekin occurs in a charter of 855, as entered in
442-482: Is dated at 560+/-1Ma and is thought to be related to the volcanic events in the area. The thermal expansion of the area is likely to have assisted the formation of a sedimentary basin in which such volcaniclastic sediments accrued and were later folded. This has given rise to the steeply dipping sequences exposed at places such as the Forest Glen car park. The folding event is thought to be contemporaneous with uplift and
476-575: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ercall Hill The Ercall is a small hill in Shropshire , England, between The Wrekin and Wellington . It is an internationally important geological site, part of The Wrekin and The Ercall Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The hill is managed by Shropshire Wildlife Trust and includes 540 million year old ripple beds and ancient pre-Cambrian lava flows in exposed quarries. Quartzite from
510-520: Is intrusive and is relative to basalt (extrusive). There is a significant alteration about the contact between the two rocks. The dolerite dyke was emplaced into the Uriconian Rhyolite . The rhyolitic rocks themselves are representative of explosive volcanic centres to the west of this site and beyond the Church Stretton lineament. There is a clear distinction between the tuffaceous rocks of
544-462: Is steep in parts. The Wrekin is owned by the Raby Estate , currently headed by Henry Francis Cecil Vane . The Wrekin is the subject of a well-known legend in Shropshire folklore . One version of the story runs as follows: A giant called Gwendol Wrekin ap Shenkin ap Mynyddmawr with a grudge against the town of Shrewsbury decided to flood the town and kill all its inhabitants. So he collected
578-403: The Black Country , Birmingham to mean "the long way round", in the same way that "round the houses" is used more widely. "To all friends around the Wrekin", meanwhile, is a toast traditionally used in Shropshire, especially at Christmas and New Year. The amount of inclement weather in the area can also be said to be predicted by the visibility of the Wrekin. The saying being, "If you can see
612-453: The speckled wood and during spring when the forest is laden with bluebells , the dingy skipper can arrive in great numbers. The exposed quarries are popular with other butterfly species, including the green hairstreak and wall , which like to bask in sheltered spots. On the upper slopes of the hill tall oak trees predominate. Acidic soils support such plants as bilberry , climbing corydalis and heath bedstraw . The green woodpecker
646-769: The Uriconican Volcanics (dark brown/black/grey) and the intrusive granophyre which is pink. The relationship between the Ercall Granophyre and the Uriconian is also clearly evident as the Granophyre intrudes the Volcanic rocks and is therefore younger. The Ercall Granophyre is overlain by shallow dipping Cambrian rocks (in relation to the steeply dipping Uriconian volcanics) which contain Atdabanian fossils. The Granophyre
680-494: The Wrekin is also used to refer more generally to the part of East Shropshire around the towns of Telford and Wellington , within sight of the hill. The surrounding area is one of the birthplaces of industry: Ironbridge Gorge is just to the south of the Wrekin hill. Woodland covers much of the hill, the area around the hill and into the Ironbridge Gorge area too. The eponymous Wrekin parliamentary constituency incorporates
714-509: The Wrekin, it's going to rain. And if you can't see the Wrekin, it's already raining." Another well known local legend has it that you cannot be a true Salopian (person born in Shropshire) unless you have passed through the Needle's Eye - a split between two large rocks close to the summit. In 1981, an event was undertaken by local school pupils and adults called "Hands around the Wrekin", whereby
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#1732852684258748-453: The deposit suggests a fairly rapid cooling event and appears to have been deposited in a submerged environment. In all likelihood, during such events the depositional environment would fluctuate between submarine and subaerial as sea-floor levels will have fluctuated as well as eustatic sea-levels. On the right had side of the picture (running vertical) a dark grey doleritic dyke is evident. The dyke trends at approximately 65 degrees. Dolerite
782-486: The earth on the ground beside him, where it became the Wrekin. The giant also scraped the mud off his boots, which became the smaller hill Ercall Hill nearby. Ironically Shrewsbury is subjected to flooding from the River Severn on frequent occasions naturally. "All around the Wrekin", "Right 'round the Wrekin" or "Running round the Wrekin" is a phrase common in Shropshire , Worcestershire, Staffordshire , Herefordshire ,
816-656: The entrance is clearly visible. The Ercall Quarries are a SSSI and therefore care needs to be exercised when investigating this area. Upon entering the quarry from the main entrance near The Wrekin one encounters an old quarry with many distinctive geological features evident. [2] This is the first quarry that is apparent in the Ercall, it comprises Uriconian Volcanic deposits of Precambrian age. Such volcanic deposits are noted to have been bimodal and potentially intraplate possibly induced by (and therefore close to a) subduction zone and possibly in an island arc setting. The flow banding and fine to medium grained appearance of
850-525: The height of the summit was incorporated into an artwork, The Sky Begins At My Feet , which was designed by Wellington Arts Collective and unveiled in October 2022 in honour of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II . The sculpture is in the stoneware clay tiles laid around the plinths bearing relief portraits of seven local heroes and heroines by artist Sharon Griffin, and a range of decorative tiles designed by
884-482: The hill. The Wrekin can be accessed from the final junction on the M54 motorway (J7) before it turns into the A5 which continues to Shrewsbury . The hill is then signposted. There is a well-used footpath up the side of the hill which has an entrance at the end of the road off the M54. There is also a small car park and parking bays up the road. Between the Ercall and the Wrekin is a well positioned car park, at Forest Glen, allowing easy access to both areas. The ascent
918-410: The line carries on through other geologically important exposures such as those in the area of Caer Caradoc . Contrary to a common misconception, the Wrekin has never been a volcano in its own right, but is composed mainly of volcanic rocks and is a product of volcanism. Its modern shape, which from certain viewpoints appears to resemble a volcano, has been formed by other natural processes. The name
952-453: The name Uriconio originally referred. It is thought the fort was built by the Cornovii tribe and was once their capital. In AD 47 Roman invaders stormed the fort and set fire to it, moving the defeated tribe on to Wroxeter ( Viroconium Cornoviorum ). A more recent addition is the Wrekin transmitting station , used for broadcasting and telecommunications. At the top of the main mast
986-473: The neighbouring Wrekin is also visible. The Ercall bears the marks of extensive quarrying, although the quarries are now disused, safe and open to the public. When the M54 motorway was constructed in 1974, the road was built through the northern end of the hill. The woods of the forest are important for various butterfly species. In the summer, the Ercall Woods which line the hill are a favourite habitat for
1020-552: The public and various community groups and workshops. The geology of the Wrekin and its immediate area is complex, consisting of a variety of rocks of a range of ages affected by numerous faults . The crest of the Wrekin's ridge and its northwestern slopes are formed from various rocks of volcanic origin assigned to the Uriconian series, of Precambrian age. The ' Uriconian Volcanics' include rhyolites , tuffs and agglomerates . These rocks – layers of ancient lava flows laid down in
1054-458: The ridge is largely formed from sandstones and shales of Cambrian age. They include the early Cambrian Lower Comley Sandstone and Lower Comley Limestones together with the Wrekin Quartzite, outcrops of which also occur to the northwest of the ridge. The lower ground to the northwest comprises sandstones and mudstones of late Carboniferous and Permian age whilst to the southeast are
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1122-505: The shape of the Wrekin, which is situated in the region of Poundland's head office in Willenhall . The chocolate bar was launched that year, and is said to be based on the Wrekin and Ercall hills. Poundland's founder, Steve Smith, lives near Bridgnorth in Shropshire. The Wrekin is a location in the 2020 videogame Assassin's Creed Valhalla , as "The Wroeken". Christian Bale (playing racing driver Ken Miles, from Sutton Coldfield) uses
1156-498: The wood's in trouble; His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves; The gale, it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves. In the 1969 novel A Pelican at Blandings , The Wrekin can be seen from P.G. Wodehouse 's Blandings Castle . The Wrekin is also mentioned in Half Man Half Biscuit 's 1987 song, " Rod Hull Is Alive, Why?", with the line: "Halfway up the Wrekin with an empty flask of tea,
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