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<< Our Photo Pages >> Helsby Hill - Hillfort in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 28 January 2004  Page Views: 33706

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Helsby Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.696 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Helsby
Map Ref: SJ493754  Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.273148N  Longitude: 2.761722W
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.
 4 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
 3

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Helsby Hill
Helsby Hill submitted by PaulM : Helsby Hillfort taken from the services at junction 14 on the M56. see main site entry for further details. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Cheshire

This hillfort stands at 120m above sea level overlooking the River Mersey. It is defended naturally to the north and west by steep cliffs and to the south by a double rampart. Two additional banks have been discovered enclosing a rock ledge on the cliff to the north side. Excavations last century revealed a wall composed of sand and rubble, revetted with stone to the back and front. As at many hillforts in Cheshire the defences have been badly ploughed apart from to the west in the area in the care of the National Trust.

References

D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)

J.D.Bu’Lock “Hillfort at Helsby” TLCAS Volume 64.
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Helsby Hill
Helsby Hill submitted by Postman : The top of Helsby hill at dusk in the winter (Vote or comment on this photo)

Helsby Hill
Helsby Hill submitted by Postman : My two children define, as best they can, the entrance to the fort (Vote or comment on this photo)

Helsby Hill
Helsby Hill submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Helsby Hillfort Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Helsby Hill submitted by Postman : Looking along the rampart (Vote or comment on this photo)

Helsby Hill
Helsby Hill submitted by Postman : Looking up at the ramparts

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Re: Helsby Hill by Anonymous on Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Theres not much to see, at the top at the oppostie side to the pathway down through the woods there is some remains of the ruble rampart. Also if you walk down the path towards the farm, in the fields to left n right of track you can see the remainders of ramparts in the land (upraised ridge)

However excavations will be taking place soon , so watch out for more stuff!
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Re: Helsby Hill by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
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Mike,
Click on the map icons from the page, especially the grey one that goes to the Magic Map.

From there I got this:
http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/25689.pdf

Cheers,
Andy
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Re: Helsby Hill by Anonymous on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
I was searching for something about the Hill Fort at Helsby, been up there a few times but never seen the slightest thing. Do you have any info, or location as to where it might be.

Also they say' there are other ruins in the local area. Any tips.

Cheers,
Mike
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Re: Helsby Hill by Vicky on Friday, 26 September 2003
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We went to visit the fort last weekend, but the whole hillside was covered with bracken, so we decided to leave it for a few months when we shall return to photograph.
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