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<< Text Pages >> Dinmore Hill - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 01 March 2010  Page Views: 16305

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinmore Hill Alternative Name: Dinmore Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.718 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Hope under Dinmore
Map Ref: SO520519
Latitude: 52.163271N  Longitude: 2.703149W
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.
4 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
3

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Likely Hillfort in Herefordshire. In July of 2009 the Time Team investigated a possible Iron Age hillfort on Dinmore Hill north of Hereford. The mammoth operation involved not just the Time Team regulars, but also another seven HA archaeologists, ten HA coordinated volunteers, and around fifty Time Team support staff ranging from camera crews to caterers.

Despite some awful weather, the results were extremely interesting, and have potentially put a major and important new site on the Herefordshire prehistoric map.

Source: the Unnoficial Time Team page and Historic Environment Today.

However Time Team appear to be hiding their light under a bushel so here is a spoiler:

Public bridleway from A49 passes through this hillfort Single rampart and ditch survive in good condition across neck of hill N of the bridleway. South of this the line is continued as an eroded features followed by the parish boundary. Hillfort must have used the steep hillside as defence along most of its N & S and eastwards it must have extended as far as the house. Area enclosed about 9.6 hectares representing large hillfort from which the name of the hill (din mawr great fort or hill) is probably derived.

Source: Herefordshire SMR
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO5251 : View over the Lugg valley by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2022(licence)
SO5151 : View to the north from Dinmore Hill by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2022(licence)
SO5151 : Hay meadow on Dinmore Hill by Trevor Rickard
by Trevor Rickard
©2007(licence)
SO5152 : The River Lugg at Hampton Court by David Smith
by David Smith
©2010(licence)
SO5252 : View of the River Lugg by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2012(licence)

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