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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lydney HillfortCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.801 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Lydney
Map Ref: SO616027 Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.721699N Longitude: 2.5573W
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 |
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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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A promontory fort some 5 acres in extent was established at Lydney in or just before the 1st century BC and was subsequently during the 2nd. & 3rd. cents. AD, occupied by a Romano-British population engaged to some extent in iron-mining.
Soon after A.D. 364-7, a temple, dedicated to Nodens, was built, & with it a guest-house, baths & other structures. About the end of the 4th. c., the buildings were surrounded by a precinct-wall, but later fell into decay, & the final phases of occupation, probably in the 5th. & 6th. cents., is represented by a reinforcement of the prehistoric earthwork.
This site is on private land so unless there is an open day, permission should be sought in writing from the Lydney Park Estate office.
Page originally by Vicky Morgan
Note: The last chance to visit Lydney Park Gardens, Hillfort and Romano-British temple for this year is this Sunday 12 June, more details in the comment on our page
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