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Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 09 August 2010  Page Views: 11769

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: St George's Hill
Country: England County: Surrey Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Walton on Thames  Nearest Village: Cobham
Map Ref: TQ085618  Landranger Map Number: 176
Latitude: 51.344937N  Longitude: 0.443557W
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
2 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
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no data 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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St George's Hill
St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : I visited in the spring before all the foliage grew too much (Vote or comment on this photo)
A univallate hill fort but with triple defences on the north-west and an outwork on the north-west sections were cut through the defences circa 1911. Pottery, and iron slag, found when two houses were built in the south-west sector, is in Guildford Museum. Badly mutilated in places.

St George’s Hill hillfort encloses around 5.5ha of the hilltop, with the ramparts following the contours of the hill, leaving an irregular ground plan. The 75m contour ramparts generally consist of an inner bank with an external ditch and outer, counter-scarp, bank, although the more accessible area to the west contains three banks and two ditches.

An extra D-shaped rampart to the north-east encloses an area where the stream formerly ran, and the proposed development lies within this area. Most of the banks of the hillfort have survived, although many of the ditches are partially or completely infilled.

Excavations in the early 20th century (Gardiner 1911) located Iron Age pottery confirming the dating of the site, whilst subsequent work also found Early and Late Iron Age pottery and iron slag. Recent fieldwork has uncovered the sequence of construction of the ramparts (Poulton and O’Connell 1984), and a shallow linear feature was found immediately to the south-west of the hillfort (Hawkins and Douglas 1999).

References:
Gardiner, E, 1911, ‘The British Stronghold of St George’s Hill, Weybridge’, Surrey Archaeol Collect, 23, 40-55
Hawkins, D and Douglas, A, 1999, ‘Archaeological investigations of land at Ravenscroft Road, St George’s Hill, Weybridge’, Surrey Archaeol Collect, 86, 210-14
Poulton, R and O’Connell, M G, 1984, ‘St George’s hill fort : excavations in 1981’, Surrey Archaeol Collect, 75, 275-80

Source: TVAS excavation of Caesar's Cottage, Camp End Road, St George's Hill, 2009 (PDF)

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : Lots of dead wood and shrubs (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : Another section of the bank I managed to find intact. Many of the banks have been levelled or are inaccessible in gardens but some wild parts remain (Vote or comment on this photo)

St George's Hill
St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : More of the long St George's Hill bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : The long twisty path along the bottom of the high bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : Dense foliage along a pathway between the huge houses

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : Rhododendrons and banks at St George's Hill

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : The gigantic bank of St George's Hill hillfort

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St George's Hill submitted by Andy B : The roads to St George's Hill estate are behind security gates to protect the many celebs and billionaires who live there in huge houses. But there's this... (6 comments)

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Re: St George's Hill by Anonymous on Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Here's a clue:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3371633,-0.4431101,3a,90y,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st-2WiWlx0AsxuGOSOfFnzg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
TQ 08657 61205

Up that road there is a footpath that leads between two fences and up the hill to the estate. The hillfort is pretty big and worth a look. The part you can get to is off a path at TQ 08536 61835
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Re: St George's Hill by Anonymous on Monday, 24 October 2005
Am interested in the early history of this hill fort--any info???--it is now a `fortress`due to the rich and famous residents---however,we still slide in past the cctv occasionally[off brooklands rd is the easiest entrance] to take a look at lennon`s old house...it`s a beautiful view from the golf clubhouse---but they will catch you if you go in for a drink!!
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