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<< Text Pages >> Conygar Hillfort - Hillfort in England in Somerset

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 February 2010  Page Views: 4868

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Conygar Hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.218 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: ST49897509
Latitude: 51.472542N  Longitude: 2.722854W
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
5
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Hillfort in Somerset

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"Earthwork remains of an Iron Age univallate hillfort with a pillow mound within the interior."

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ST4975 : Hillside, Portbury by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2023(licence)
ST4975 : Small stream flowing down from Conygar hill into Portbury by Dr Duncan Pepper
by Dr Duncan Pepper
©2009(licence)
ST5075 : Mill Lane, Portbury by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2015(licence)
ST4975 : Ordnance Survey Cut Mark by Adrian Dust
by Adrian Dust
©2022(licence)
ST4975 : Portbury Priory by Jo and Steve Turner
by Jo and Steve Turner
©2012(licence)

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Re: Conygar Hillfort by TheCaptain on Friday, 30 August 2013
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get a glimpse of this hillfort on streetview

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