<< Our Photo Pages >> Eston Nab Camp - Hillfort in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Eston Nab CampCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Middlesbrough
Map Ref: NZ5679518248 Landranger Map Number: 93
Latitude: 54.556295N Longitude: 1.123334W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 21st Jul 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The semi-circular hillfort reaches 250 x 120m dimensions.
johndhunter adds: "There is more information on the Eston Nab hill fort, palisaded settlement and beacon itself at Historic England's List Entry Number 1011273."
Page originally by Vicky Morgan
Note: Archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a henge in the Eston Hills, Middlesborough. The Ice and Fire project has just completed a two week dig - more details in the comments on our page.
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