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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Spettisbury Rings Alternative Name: Spetisbury Rings, Crawford CastleCountry: England
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County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum Nearest Village: Spetisbury
Map Ref: ST914020
Latitude: 50.817480N Longitude: 2.123446W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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MartynG visited on 1st Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4 The site is now heavily overgrown. As a footpath runs around the west rampart this is fairly clear but with tall undergrowth on the slopes which restricts any views of the height of the rampart and any outer ditch. The interior of the fort is heavily overgrown by a mixture of nettles, thistles, brambles, and other weeds making access into it from the ramparts impossible.
I will be contacting the landowner with a view to allowing a small work party access to the site to clear the undergrowth over the winter.
fyrefly visited on 1st Jan 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Visited quite a few times over the years, can still walk along the old railway track. Great views from the top, can see Badbury Rings in the distance.
JimChampion have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5
This earthwork looks imposing from the Stour valley, as it sits on the end of a natural spur. The steep face of the spur provides additional defence, but was scarred in modern times by the construction of a railway cutting. According to Aerial archaeology in 1857 the railway navigators "uncovered a mass-grave of about 120 skeletons, probably the victims of the Roman invasion".
Access The Poole-Blandford railway line that cuts through the side of the hillfort was axed in the 1960s, and has recently been improved as part of the off-road cycle network. However, because it is in a cutting it provides no views of, or direct access to, the rings. There are two approaches:
- A public footpath runs NW parallel to the old railway cyclepath from the B3075 (grid ref ST918017). Go along the edge of the field, over the stile into a thorny clump of trees, beyond which is a steep path up the SE rampart.
- An easier approach: turn SW off the A350 in Spetisbury (grid ref ST913024) onto a minor road. Park to the left after passing under the disused railway bridge. Do not take the steps up to the disused railway station! Instead walk a short distance up the hill, take the public footpath into a field on the left (beware of livestock). The entrance to the earthworks will be directly ahead, 200m distant.
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