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<< Text Pages >> Radcliffe - Hillfort in England in Greater Manchester

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 8448

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Radcliffe
Country: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Radcliffe  Nearest Village: Little Lever
Map Ref: SD767070  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.559098N  Longitude: 2.353212W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
3

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Promontory Fort in Greater Manchester

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Re: Radcliffe by haworthnick on Wednesday, 30 December 2015
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While I am quite prepared to accept the hill as a promontory fort, is there any evidence for this.
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