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<< Text Pages >> Kymin Hill - Hillfort in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 7555

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kymin Hill
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.13 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Monmouthshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Monmouth  Nearest Village: Kymin
Map Ref: SO521128  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.811769N  Longitude: 2.696213W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO5212 : Kymin from Dixton Road, Monmouth by David Howard
by David Howard
©2023(licence)
SO5212 : On Offa's Dyke Path, lower end of Kymin Rd, Monmouth by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2023(licence)
SO5112 : Track to The Hill Farm by Jonathan Thacker
by Jonathan Thacker
©2019(licence)
SO5212 : Monmouth - Kymin Road by Colin Smith
by Colin Smith
©2023(licence)
SO5112 : Offa's Dyke footpath ascending the Kymin by Roger Davies
by Roger Davies
©2009(licence)

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Re: Kymin Hill by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 February 2015
It is thought is comes from the Welsh word cymin meaning Common as in Village common I guess
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Re: Kymin Hill by Anonymous on Monday, 16 October 2006
does anyone know the origin & meaning of the word "Kymin"?
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