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The Wrekin is made of very ancient \u2018Uriconian\u2019 volcanic rocks (though its shape does not in fact come from having been \u2018a volcano\u2019). The north side of the Wrekin has lovely oak woodlands with associated wildlife, and there is rough grassland and fragments of heathland on the open hilltop.<\/p>\n

The Wrekin hillfort<\/a>, stronghold of the Cornovii, is a major prehistoric earthwork which cannot fail to impress, while the woods conceal relics of charcoal burning platforms associated with early industry in the Ironbridge Gorge.<\/p>\n

Legend has it that the Wrekin was created by a giant<\/a>\u00a0who dropped a sack of earth, or was it two Giants quarrelling? Passing through the Needle\u2019s Eye, a rock cleft near the summit, is supposed to be an initiation to be a true Salopian, or else a good omen for marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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