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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Medmenham CampCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.255 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Buckinghamshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Marlow Nearest Village: Hurley
Map Ref: SU80698467
Latitude: 51.555155N Longitude: 0.837538W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Feb 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Well-preserved rampart in the Western, Northern and SE part of the hillfort, ditch only from the West.
The fort tapers towards the south following the topography of the spur.
The defences here appear to have relied primarily on the severity of the natural slopes, and are marked by an artificial outward-facing scarp, varying between 6m and 12m wide and up to 3m in height, with a slight terrace at the base and traces of a bank along the summit. The bank may originally have been strengthened by a timber palisade along the top.
The hillfort is approached from the north and east over relatively level ground and, reflecting this, the bank on these sides is accompanied by an external ditch, which also extends part way along the western arm. The bank and ditch remain clearly visible within the woodland which covers the northern and western sections of the perimeter; where the bank varies between 5m and 10m in width, and between 0.6m and 1.7m in height, and the ditch measures on average 5m wide and 1m deep.
More: Magic Map.
Note: Archaeologists unveil findings of three year project in Marlow, see comment
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