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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Shipton HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.756 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bridport Nearest Village: Shipton Gorge
Map Ref: SY507921 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.726417N Longitude: 2.699832W
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 |
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Hillfort in Dorset
This small hillfort sits on the edge of a valley, below the skyline. It may be subsidiary to Chilcombe, which is about a mile to the east. It is an enclosure surrounded by multiple banks and ditches.
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