<< Our Photo Pages >> Amberley Cross Bank - Misc. Earthwork in England in Gloucestershire
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 08 August 2011 Page Views: 5934
Multi-periodSite Name: Amberley Cross Bank Alternative Name: Amberley and Pinfarthing EnclosuresCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.615 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Minchinhampton Nearest Village: Amberley
Map Ref: SO85130124
Latitude: 51.709695N Longitude: 2.216608W
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 |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 8th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Probably the oldest of the many earthworks on Minchinhampton Common
h_fenton have visited here
The earthworks are 25m wide - the rampart 10m wide and 1.5m high - the ditch being 7m wide and 2m deep
further detail is on the pastscape website 115082 - it is thought that the area contains upwards of 700 Iron Age pit dwellings
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