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In Welsh, the county is known as ''Sir Amwythig'', a calque of the English name (with Shrewsbury being known as ''Amwythig'' in Welsh).
In Welsh, the county is known as ''Sir Amwythig'', a calque of the English name (with Shrewsbury being known as ''Amwythig'' in Welsh).
== History ==
== History ==
Evidence for [[Bronze Age]] (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BC) activity in present-day Shropshire includes stone circles such as Mitchell's Fold on Stapeley Hill, within the parish of Chirbury and Brompton.
The lands that would become Shropshire lay at the heart of the territory of the Brittonic Celtic tribe the Cornovii, according to [[Ptolemy]]'s ''Geography'' of c. 100 AD; a tribe whose territory comprised parts of the modern [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[North West England]] and north-east [[Wales]]. The tribe's capital is thought to have been at [[The Wrekin]].
The lands that would become Shropshire lay at the heart of the territory of the Brittonic Celtic tribe the Cornovii, according to [[Ptolemy]]'s ''Geography'' of c. 100 AD; a tribe whose territory comprised parts of the modern [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[North West England]] and north-east [[Wales]]. The tribe's capital is thought to have been at [[The Wrekin]].