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<< Other Photo Pages >> New Ditch - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Somerset

Submitted by MarionBenham on Sunday, 28 March 2004  Page Views: 6272

Multi-periodSite Name: New Ditch
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.731 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Compton Dundon
Map Ref: ST504332  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.095950N  Longitude: 2.709681W
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.
3 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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New Ditch
New Ditch submitted by Creative Commons : A huge tree stands on the end of "The New Ditch", an iron age earthwork. A tree-lined gully runs down westward, and the hills overlooking the Somerset levels can be seen beyond. Copyright Neville Goodman and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Iron Age Earthworks in Somerset

Coombe Hill/Butleigh Wood on the Polden Hills above Compton Dundon, Somerset.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST5033 : A splash of colour in Butleigh Wood by David Smith
by David Smith
©2017(licence)
ST5033 : Butleigh Wood by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2015(licence)
ST5032 : Reynald's Way by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2017(licence)
ST5033 : Who knows about the "New Ditch"? by Neville Goodman
by Neville Goodman
©2007(licence)
ST5033 : Combe Hill by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2015(licence)

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Re: New Ditch by stevefrench on Tuesday, 28 January 2014
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