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<< Text Pages >> Codford Circle - Hillfort in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 21 February 2023  Page Views: 1219

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Codford Circle Alternative Name: Wilsbury Ring, Woldsbury, Oldbury Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.155 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Warminster  Nearest Village: Codford St Mary
Map Ref: ST98254056
Latitude: 51.164284N  Longitude: 2.026407W
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
no data 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.
3 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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Hill top enclosure or possible hillfort located on the summit of Codford Hill, a chalk promontory of Salisbury Plain

From Historic England
An earthwork hilltop enclosure situated on the crest of Codford Hill, a chalk promontory of Salisbury Plain. An elevated oval area of 3.6 hectares is surrounded by a bank 6.5 metres wide and up to 1.6 metres high from the outside. This is surrounded by a ditch 5 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres deep except for a section around the south eastern edge where it has been reduced by ploughing. Air photographs taken in 2001 revealed an inner ditch, probably a palisade, running concentric to the earthwork and with clear opposing entrances to the east and west. Entrances on the south east and north west through the earthworks are modern.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST9840 : Row of beeches by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2007(licence)
ST9841 : Codford by Robin Somes
by Robin Somes
©2005(licence)
ST9740 : Approaching Punchbowl Farm by Phil Williams
by Phil Williams
©2007(licence)
ST9740 : 2011 : North on Chitterne Road by Maurice Pullin
by Maurice Pullin
©2011(licence)
ST9739 : St. Mary's church by Kevin Farmer
by Kevin Farmer
©2010(licence)

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