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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sutton Walls - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sutton Walls
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SO525464  Landranger Map Number: 149
Latitude: 52.113870N  Longitude: 2.69507W
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.
2 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
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Sutton Walls submitted by jfarrar : Defensive banks at Sutton Walls (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Herefordshire - interior destroyed by quarrying and backfilled by toxic waste allegedly.

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SO5246 : Entrance to the eastern field in Sutton Walls hillfort by Humphrey Bolton
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SO5246 : Part of the interior of Sutton Walls by Jeremy Bolwell
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SO5246 : Ploughed field below Sutton Walls Fort by Philip Halling
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SO5246 : Track in Sutton Walls by Jeremy Bolwell
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SO5246 : Footpath approaching Sutton Walls hillfort from the north by Jeremy Bolwell
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Re: Sutton Walls by SumDoood on Wednesday, 11 April 2018
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Find the hillfort here in the 1979 documentary presented by the excellent Michael Wood:

https://youtu.be/S8l_DX9Zjrg?t=10m22s
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Re: Sutton Walls by Anonymous on Sunday, 28 May 2017
With the support of English Heritage, Herefordshire Council, local Parish Councils, history societies and interested individuals the Sutton Walls Conservation Group has recently formed, dedicated to development of a conservation management plan to lead to the preservation and proper management of the ancient hillfort site.
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Re: Sutton Walls by Anonymous on Friday, 04 September 2015
I was the site manager at Sutton Walls 1971-73 Redland group acquired the site from G W Green of Fownhope 1970. Most of the waste in the early days was septic waste (sewage) 1971 onward there was a big increase in toxic waste from the industrial areas of South Wales Birmingham and other parts of England. The east end of the site contained 2 large lagoons for the disposal of acids of all type so.
I remember the nail varnish paint fuel oil sludge carbon black from the power stations foam cushions scouring pads from 3Ms steaming hot sludge from Monsanto chemicals Wales pickling sludge from BSC South Wales. I was also there when the site went on fire and the smoke could be seen from Ludlow.
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Re: Sutton Walls by coldrum on Monday, 29 March 2010
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Re: Sutton Walls by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 February 2010
Having spent my teenage years in Marden, I can confirm that toxic waste was found at Sutton Walls. Apart from other industrial waste, cyanide was located on the site and for many years, a brown patch could be clearly seen on the (moreton) side of the hill, this was atributed to toxic waste. many years ago, this was the subject of a TV documentary and the general concensus at the time was a 'cover up' though I believe that company responsible was fined. As teenagers, we went up there quite often and many odd things were found including box after box of reject nail varnish, which we managed to sell! There was also a huge 'fire on top of the hill in the late 70's which could be seen for miles. The co-op used to grow all their tomatoes on one side of the hill.



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Re: Sutton Walls by jfarrar on Friday, 05 December 2008
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The banks are impressive, over twenty feet high in places.

The original site did not have any defences, but banks were thrown up around 100BCE and were then strengthened around 25CE. Excavations have revealed that around 48CE, twenty four people were killed in the fort, probably by Romans and thrown into the ditch. The skeletons show the wounds and some were decapitated. However, the fort remained in use until around the 3rd century.
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