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<< Text Pages >> Poston Camp - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 12 October 2022  Page Views: 421

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Poston Camp
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Vowchurch
Map Ref: SO3598937647
Latitude: 52.033518N  Longitude: 2.934509W
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
4
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Hillfort in Herefordshire

Poston Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located just south of Vowchurch, Herefordshire.

Ref: Children, G; Nash, G (1994) Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire Logaston Press ISBN 1873827091
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SO3537 : Country house above Peterchurch by Jeremy Bolwell
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SO3537 : Poston House by Philip Halling
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SO3537 : Part of the Golden Valley by Jeremy Bolwell
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SO3638 : Tennis court at Poston Lodge Farm near Peterchurch by Jeremy Bolwell
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SO3538 : Pig pen in the woods by Jeremy Bolwell
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Re: Poston Camp by Andy B on Wednesday, 12 October 2022
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Poston Camp Iron Age Hillfort by I. E. Anthony, 1958
Published by Wollhope Field Club

Available online here:
https://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/document/other/poston-camp-iron-age-hillfort
or
https://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/system/files/documents/other/poston-camp-iron-age-hillfort.pdf

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