Titterstone Clee

Near the summit trig point are the remains of a Bronze Age cairn, dating back about 4,000 years. This suggests the summit was once used as a ceremonial site. Although quarrying has partly damaged it, the Iron Age hill fort on Titterstone Clee, surrounded by large earthworks, has survived better than the fort on Brown Clee. The fort walls are unusual as they are built from stone blocks rather than earth banks. Clee Hill is one of the few hills or mountains marked on the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a 13th-century map of the world kept at Hereford Cathedral. During the medieval period, ironstone was mined, and later coal was worked, often by means of bell pits—small mine shafts, one of which has…

The summit area and unenclosed upper slopes of Titterstone Clee, along with Clee Hill to its south, were mapped as 'open country' under the provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 and are freely available to walkers. There is also a dense network of footpaths and bridleways across both the unenclosed land and the surrounding farmland. Some connect from the A4117 — which runs east–west across Clee Hill Common's southern flanks and reaches a height of 1250 ft above sea level — while a minor public road provides access to the upper parts of the hill and nearby parking areas. Titterstone Clee is popular with walkers and picnickers, though less so than nearby hills such as the…