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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Frankenbury Alternative Name: Frankenbury CampCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.386 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Fordingbridge Nearest Village: Godshill
Map Ref: SU167152
Latitude: 50.936007N Longitude: 1.763711W
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 |
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This Iron Age hillfort is on a very slight promontory overlooking the Avon Valley on the north-western edge of the New Forest. On its west and south sides the defences are a simple scarp: the very steep drop down to the Avon flood plain obviously did not need any improvement! On its weaker north and east sides a single bank and ditch was constructed, with a simple entrance open to the SE.
Access A footpath skirts round the south and west sides of the fort, from the amusingly named Sandy Balls campsite down to the Avon valley. There isn't much in the way of earthworks to see from this path, but there are plenty of nature things (trees, flowers, birds, deer) on the very steep slope. The 11-acre interior and defensive bank are all on private land (the ditch has mostly been filled in), but they can be seen from the surrounding public footpaths.
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