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<< Our Photo Pages >> Penbury Knoll - Hillfort in England in Dorset

Submitted by JimChampion on Wednesday, 20 April 2005  Page Views: 10181

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Penbury Knoll
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.291 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Pentridge
Map Ref: SU039171
Latitude: 50.953319N  Longitude: 1.94585W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
2 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
3

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Penbury Knoll
Penbury Knoll submitted by JimChampion : April 2005. Composite image of Penbury Knoll (and Pentridge Hill) from Salisbury Plantation to the southwest. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU0317 : Penbury Knoll by Chris Dennis
by Chris Dennis
©2009(licence)
SU0317 : Penbury Knoll by Adrian King
by Adrian King
©2008(licence)
SU0317 : Pine tree on Pentridge Hill at sun-set  2 by Simon Barnes
by Simon Barnes
©2007(licence)
SU0317 : Pine tree on Pentridge Hill at sun-set by Simon Barnes
by Simon Barnes
©2007(licence)
SU0317 : Jubilee Trail, Penbury Knoll by Maigheach-gheal
by Maigheach-gheal
©2009(licence)

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 1.4km W 262° Pentridge 4* Long Barrow (SU025169)
 1.7km N 9° Pentridge 1* Long Barrow (SU04151877)
 1.8km ENE 56° Blagdon Hill tumuli* Round Barrow(s) (SU054181)
 1.9km NNW 348° Bokerley Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU035190)
 2.0km ENE 62° Grim's Ditch (Hampshire) Misc. Earthwork (SU05651802)
 2.0km N 6° Pentridge 2* Long Barrow (SU04111907)
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 2.1km N 3° Pentridge Cursus Cursus (SU040192)
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 2.4km WSW 243° Dorset Cursus* Cursus (SU01751600)
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 3.5km SW 226° Drive Plantation* Long Barrow (SU014147)
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 4.1km N 353° Vernditch Chase (North)* Long Barrow (SU03402113)
 4.3km SW 217° Monkton-up-Wimborne Late Neolithic pit circle/shaft complex* Misc. Earthwork (SU01311367)
 4.3km NE 36° Longbarrow House* Long Barrow (SU064206)
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Re: Penbury Knoll by Anonymous on Monday, 08 August 2016
Fabulous views for miles around and a strong sense of antiquity here.
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Re: Penbury Knoll by Anonymous on Sunday, 30 July 2006
Could you gimme a contact number for this place?
thanks.
murilomontiani@hotmail.com
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    Re: Penbury Knoll by JimChampion on Sunday, 30 July 2006
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    There aren't any phones on top of this hill so as far as I know it doesn't have a contact number!
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