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<< Other Photo Pages >> Tasburgh Fort - Hillfort in England in Norfolk

Submitted by enkidu41 on Sunday, 14 January 2024  Page Views: 14047

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tasburgh Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Long Stratton  Nearest Village: Tasburgh
Map Ref: TM201960  Landranger Map Number: 134
Latitude: 52.517409N  Longitude: 1.242544E
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.
 4 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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Tasburgh Fort
Tasburgh Fort submitted by Dodomad : More than 20 deep holes were dug by nighthawkers Photo Credit: Natalie Butler) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Norfolk. This hillfort is difficult to interpret. It is roughly oval in plan surrounded by earth ramparts. It stands within the village of Upper Tasburgh, and Tasburgh church lies within the fort near its southern side. The best preserved ramparts lie on the northern side where there is still an ancient hedgerow. Excavation has shown that the fort was inhabited in the Middle Saxon Period (650-850 AD) up to 1200 AD.

Note: Illegal nighthawkers' treasure hunting at Tasburgh earthworks leaves it full of holes. More in the comments
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Tasburgh Fort submitted by Bladup : Tasburgh Fort lidar image Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Illegal Nighthawkers' treasure hunting at Tasburgh earthworks leave it full of holes by Andy B on Sunday, 14 January 2024
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Tasburgh earthworks, 10 miles south of Norwich, is the latest Norfolk location to be targeted by the trinket-seekers who "devastated" the area with more than 20 large holes.

The site - which is managed by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust (NAT) - is home to a defensive fortification that can be traced as far back as the Iron Age, as well as evidence of Saxon settlers.

Natalie Butler, NAT director, said: "It is absolutely devastating - none of our sites have been hit like this before. "On first observation, I counted 22 holes but there is likely more. It looks like they have systematically worked across the whole site."

More at www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24043601.nighthawkers-treasure-hunting-tasburgh-earthworks/
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Re: Tasburgh Fort by coldrum on Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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Re: Tasburgh Fort by coldrum on Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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Some links:
http://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/tasburgh/index.htm

http://www.tasburgh.com/bongo.pl/four.mysteries/

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Re: Tasburgh Fort by Anonymous on Thursday, 24 February 2005
Its not a 'Fort' please remove this title.
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    Re: Tasburgh Fort by enkidu41 on Friday, 25 February 2005
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    Excavations by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust have not shown this to be Saxon/Danish enclosure. What they have shown is that the area was used a settlement in the Middle Saxon Period (650-850 AD) up to 1200 AD. It is still thought likely that it was constructed in the Iron Age as a fort. See Norfolk Archaeological Trust Tasburgh.
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Re: Tasburgh Fort by Anonymous on Thursday, 06 January 2005
Excavation has proved that this is a Saxon/Danish enclosure not an iron age fort.
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