When Arthur died around 520AD civil war appears to have broken out between his rival heirs, his son Cuneglasus and his nephew Maglocunus. It was at this time that Wroxeter declined, Cuneglasus probably left for a more defensible site to the nearby Iron Age hill-fort on The Wrekin. Not only were many pre-Roman forts re-occupied during this period, but ‘The Song of Llywarch the Old’ calls the 7th Century capital of Powys “Dinlle Wrecon”, from which the word Wrekin probably derived. The summit of the Wrekin is a stronghold with visible inner and outer lines of defence conforming to the shape of the hill.These are the remains of an Iron Age hill-fort. (There is a four
mile circular walk up the Wrekin and around the fortifications on the summit which affords spectacular views over 12 counties).