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<< Text Pages >> Castle Hill (Nottinghamshire) - Hillfort in England in Nottinghamshire

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 9187

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Hill (Nottinghamshire)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Nottinghamshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Retford  Nearest Village: Welham
Map Ref: SK741806  Landranger Map Number: 120
Latitude: 53.317155N  Longitude: 0.889155W
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
3

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SK7480 : Communications mast Nr Grove Notts by B Hilton
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SK7480 : View towards Grovewells Plantation by Jonathan Thacker
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SK7480 : Footpath across farmland. by steven ruffles
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SK7480 : Footpath across a barley field by Andrew Hill
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