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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Drakelow Hillfort Alternative Name: Solcum HillfortCountry: England County: Worcestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kidderminster Nearest Village: Blakeshall
Map Ref: SO8219780879
Latitude: 52.425603N Longitude: 2.263237W
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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Hillfort in Worcestershire
Site may be Bronze age but was certainly active during the iron age (c 500 BC). Very little now to be seen apart from undulations in landscape. Note: site is on private ground but public footpath from Solcum lane down to Kingsford Lane passes very close and. (A mobile phone mast has now been erected behind).
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