<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierce Wood Camp 1 - Hillfort in Wales in Monmouthshire
Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002 Page Views: 6472
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pierce Wood Camp 1 Alternative Name: Piercefield CampCountry: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chepstow Nearest Village: St Arvans
Map Ref: ST53619596 Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.660497N Longitude: 2.672061W
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 |
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
drolaf has visited here
From Coflein
A sub-rectangular enclosure is set upon the gently sloping summit of a steep-sided promontory ridge above a bend in the Wye valley. On plan it measures about 388m north-west by south-east by 94m-116m. Facing the neck of the ridge the enclosure is defined by double banks and ditches, elsewhere by a single bank, or ruined wall, above steep natural slopes. The site is located in woodland.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
416m WSW 239° Piercefield Park Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST53259575)
432m SW 236° Pierce Wood Camp 2* Hillfort (ST53259572)
991m NE 40° Spital Meend* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (ST54269671)
1.8km S 181° Chepstow Museum* Museum (ST53579420)
2.0km WNW 285° St Arvan's Cross* Ancient Cross (ST517965)
2.3km NNE 31° Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase* Misc. Earthwork (ST548979)
2.4km SW 222° Bishop Barnet's Camp Ancient Village or Settlement (ST520942)
2.7km WSW 236° Great Barnets Wood Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (ST51389451)
2.8km NW 316° Gaer Hill Camp* Hillfort (ST517980)
3.0km NNE 33° Soldier's Tump* Round Barrow(s) (ST55289849)
3.1km NNW 346° Blackfield Wood* Hillfort (ST529990)
3.2km S 176° The Bulwarks (Monmouthshire)* Hillfort (ST53789274)
3.3km S 174° St Peter's Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (ST539927)
4.2km S 174° Thornwell Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (ST540918)
4.3km S 175° Thornwell Farm* Chambered Tomb (ST53959167)
4.3km W 261° Itton Cross (St Deiniol's)* Ancient Cross (ST4933095290)
4.3km ENE 72° Broad Stone (Gloucestershire)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST5776397247)
4.4km N 6° Offa's Dyke near Brockweir* Misc. Earthwork (SO541003)
4.8km WNW 288° Chepstow Park Wood Cairn Cairn (ST491975)
4.8km NNE 29° East Wood Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SO5594600157)
4.9km SW 219° Willis Hill Ancient Village or Settlement (ST50519216)
5.0km SSW 195° St Tewdric's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST5227991167)
5.2km NNW 343° Lower Halewood Round Barrow(s) (SO521009)
5.2km NNW 341° Tintern 2* Round Barrow(s) (SO5197000913)
5.2km NNW 342° Tintern 1* Round Barrow(s) (SO5207200980)
View more nearby sites and additional images