radar station which is part of a network of 16 across the country used to detect cloud precipitation (rain). The domes and masts are well-known local landmarks, with one in particular often being nicknamed 'the golf ball'. Clee Hill is still quarried behind Cleehill village. Quarrying resumed here in the late 1980s, 50 years after the Titterstone Clee Dhustone quarry closed just below the summit. The main buildings of the quarry are just visible from the A4117 road but virtually hidden from view by ingenious landscaping. A 20th century triangulation pillar marks the summit. Access and recreation 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 thereby freely available to walkers. There is in addition a dense network of footpaths and bridleways running both across the unenclosed land and also the enclosed farmland surrounding the hill. Some connect from the A4117 Cleobury Mortimer to Ludlow road which runs east-west across Clee Hill Common's southern flanks (reaching a height of above sea level at its highest point) though a minor public road reaches to the upper parts of the hill where there are parking areas. Thus Titterstone Clee is popular with walkers and picnickers, but much less so than nearby hills such as the Long Mynd. From the summit the Shropshire Way runs north to Brown Clee Hill, southwest to Ludlow and east to Cleobury Mortimer. Another long-distance trail, the Jack Mytton Way runs along the northeastern margin of the hill. In fiction Titterstone Clee plays a central role in the Ellis Peters' novel The Virgin in the Ice. See also Clee Hill Junction, near Bitterley, was the location of the railway junction and transfer sidings which connected the inclines to the main railway network. References External links Shropshire Geology – Titterstone Clee Computer generated summit panorama from Titterstone Clee BBC Shropshire photo gallery Simon Denison – Quarry land Hills of Shropshire Industrial railways in England Marilyns of England Radar stations 3 ft gauge railways in England Railway inclines in the United Kingdom