<< Our Photo Pages >> Kinver - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Staffordshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kinver Alternative Name: Kinver Edge Hillfort, Kinver Edge Camp, Holy Austin Rock (nearby)Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Map Ref: SO835832 Landranger Map Number: 138
Latitude: 52.446510N Longitude: 2.244191W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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Marko visited on 16th Feb 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Busy with walkers and dogs so hard to capture the true ambience!
Walked the inner ditch on SE and SW sides.Massive inner rampart
No ditch or rampart on other two sides due to it being a 'promontary fort' Therefore due to the terrain,no defences were needed at the NW and NE sides.
TimPrevett TheWhiteRider have visited here
Note: Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses Guided Walk,23 October 2011 see comment.
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