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<< Text Pages >> Drakelow Hillfort - Hillfort in England in Worcestershire

Submitted by PhilKidderminster on Thursday, 03 March 2011  Page Views: 10014

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Drakelow Hillfort Alternative Name: Solcum Hillfort
Country: England County: Worcestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kidderminster  Nearest Village: Blakeshall
Map Ref: SO8219780879
Latitude: 52.425603N  Longitude: 2.263237W
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.
4 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.
4 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
4

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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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SO8280 : Skyline across hill fort near Drakelow, Worcestershire by Roger  D Kidd
by Roger D Kidd
©2010(licence)
SO8280 : Communication tower near Drakelow by Jeff Gogarty
by Jeff Gogarty
©2021(licence)
SO8280 : Ancient and Modern near Drakelow, Worcestershire by Roger  D Kidd
by Roger D Kidd
©2010(licence)
SO8280 : Top of public footpath from Kingsford Lane by P L Chadwick
by P L Chadwick
©2009(licence)
SO8280 : Public footpath descending to Kingsford Lane by P L Chadwick
by P L Chadwick
©2009(licence)

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