<< Our Photo Pages >> Musbury Castle - Hillfort in England in Devon
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Musbury CastleCountry: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SY282941
Latitude: 50.742050N Longitude: 3.018949W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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An Iron Age univallate hillfort enclosing the area of 6 acres. Remains of the original entrance are visible at the SE. The site has never been excavated.
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