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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sharpenhoe Clappers - Hillfort in England in Bedfordshire

Submitted by bec-zog on Friday, 14 June 2019  Page Views: 45861

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sharpenhoe Clappers Alternative Name: Sharpenhoe Clapper
Country: England County: Bedfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Barton-le-Clay
Map Ref: TL0650030400  Landranger Map Number: 166
Latitude: 51.961891N  Longitude: 0.45139W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Sharpenhoe Clappers
Sharpenhoe Clappers submitted by bec-zog : Sharpenhoe Clapper Iron Age Hill Fort @ TL 066302 Promontory Hill Fort. Located at the edge of the ice sheet formed during the last ice age, therefore, the view is over a flattened plain (Vote or comment on this photo)
A promontory fort in Bedfordshire, located at the edge of where the ice sheet formed during the last ice age. The Hillfort is within trees, but very clear from Harlington

(TL035307)

Parking at TL065305 (layby) and at TL065295 (car park)
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Sharpenhoe Clappers
Sharpenhoe Clappers submitted by bec-zog : Sharpenhoe Clapper Iron Age Hill Fort @ TL 066,302 Promontory Hill Fort. See J Dyer Bedfordshire magazine 8 (1963) 112 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpenhoe Clappers
Sharpenhoe Clappers submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Sharpenhoe Clappers Settlement Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sharpenhoe Clappers submitted by pjlythe1 : Sharpenhoe Clappers (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TL0630 : Sharpenhoe Clapper from the north-west by Peter S
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TL0630 : Countryside west of Barton-le-Clay, Beds. by nick macneill
by nick macneill
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TL0630 : Trees at the top of Sharpenhoe Clapper by Peter S
by Peter S
©2018(licence)
TL0630 : From Sharpenhoe Clappers towards Harlington by Marcus de Figueiredo
by Marcus de Figueiredo
©2007(licence)
TL0630 : On Sharpenhoe Clappers, Streatley by Humphrey Bolton
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by coldrum on Monday, 30 August 2010
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Passtscape site entry:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=360055
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Sharpenhoe Clappers Street View by Andy B on Monday, 05 April 2010
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by Anonymous on Saturday, 11 November 2006
Sharpenhoe Clappers.
I am beginning to think that there may be a Celtic core to the word Clappers. There is a place in Wales called Clap-yr-Arien, the White Lump Cairn. It is a round cairn, at Clap-yr-Arian, Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr, near Rhayader. Clap-yr sounds a little like clapper.
‘Un clapier’ in Old French was a rabbit burrow (and also a house of ill-repute! Better not go down that road! Clapier went into English as claper and clapper.
Rabbits were a source of protein in the past and their skins were used for garments. The old medieval rabbit warren can still be seen at Sharpenhoe.
Elsewhere in the UK there is Clapper Bridge and it is said that ‘claperius’ can also mean a pile of stones (spread across a river).
I wonder if Sharpen comes not from sharp but from ‘shap’ a pile of stones. Drivers will be familiar with going up Shap, up north. If it does mean this, it may be evidence of standing stones having existed there in the past.
Looking at rabbit holes in the chalk of the Chilterns you can see mounds of rubble thrown out by burrowing rabbits.
Regarding the word Hoe I found this on the internet: HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo.
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by Anonymous on Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Sharpenhoe clappers car parkat the top of moleskin hill near sharpenhoe village, and twinned with ravensburg castle was iron age and later medeval evedence of a single protective bank on south of clappers made by iron age people, and medieval rabbit warrens are still there.
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by Anonymous on Tuesday, 17 May 2005
An outpost of cassivelaunus the hill is haunted by cassavilaunus in the form of a cloud which was his cloak of invisibility which he could hide his army in and escape ceasars armies. A fierce battle took place there between ancient tribes.
james Wheeler
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by bec-zog on Friday, 10 October 2003
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Nearest town is Barton-le-Clay, where Barton springs are located at the foot of an ancient (bronze-iron age) habitation site. An ancient flint trade route follows these Chiltern hills and valleys.
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Re: Sharpenhoe Clappers by bec-zog on Friday, 10 October 2003
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I believe this site is in Bedfordshire. County boundary with herts is ~2 miles east nr Ravensburg
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