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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunstanburgh CastleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.085 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Village: Craster
Map Ref: NU2571821930
Latitude: 55.490497N Longitude: 1.594544W
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 |
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| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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TheCaptain visited on 25th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Day up to Dunstanburgh castle. Park at Craster, buy sandwiches then walk along the coast northwards to the castle. Excellent.
SolarMegalith visited on 27th Jul 2017 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5
The archaeological survey conducted in 2003 revealed that the earthen bank in front of the castle's southern wall overlies an earlier earthwork, possibly belonging to an Iron Age promontory fort. The excavations in 1930-31 revealed an Iron Age hearth within the castle.
Reference:
English Heritage, 2007. Dunstanburgh Castle (p. 25).
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