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<< Our Photo Pages >> Perborough Castle - Hillfort in England in Berkshire

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 06 December 2003  Page Views: 11628

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Perborough Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.543 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Berkshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Newbury  Nearest Village: Hampstead Norreys
Map Ref: SU520779  Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.497656N  Longitude: 1.252306W
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.
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
5

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Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern sector of Perborough Castle earthworks (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Berkshire

From SolarMegalith: Perborough Castle is a poorly preserved Iron Age hillfort located NW from village of Hampstead Norreys. Only NW sector of the earthworks is well-preserved and exposed, in other parts of the hillfort the ditch is filled and the rampart heavily mutilated.

There is no footpath or public access. The farmer asks that people don't try to access the site as they have a herd of Aberdeen Angus cows in the field who can be extremely feisty, so please respect this.
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Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : NW part of the earthworks with distinguishable rampart and ditch - view from the NW (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Perborough Castle seen from the nearby hill - view from the south (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Well preserved embankment and ditch in northern part of Perborough Castle (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Heavily overgrown eastern part of the rampart - view from the SE (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Heavily mutilated rampart in southern part of an Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Heavily mutilated rampart in southern part of Perborough Castle hillfort (photo taken on June 2011).

Perborough Castle
Perborough Castle submitted by SolarMegalith : Top part of the rampart and interior of Perborough Castle - view from the NW (photo taken on June 2011).

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