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Submitted by andcampbell on Friday, 16 September 2022  Page Views: 19057

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burton Point
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Queensferry  Nearest Village: Burton
Map Ref: SJ302736  Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.254797N  Longitude: 3.047692W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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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Loughlorien visited on 31st Jul 2016 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 4 Access through RSPB Burton site on short walk. Good ambience at top and very few people visit this site

Burton Point
Burton Point submitted by Sinay : Burton Point Promontory (Vote or comment on this photo)
Located on a sandstone promontory overlooking the Dee Valley, the Wirral, this small Iron Age enclosure is defended by a single bank and external ditch about 60m in length, running from the bank on the north to the cliff edge at the south.

The site has never been excavated and is very overgrown with trees, heavily ploughed and burrowed by the local wildlife.

References

D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)

The surrounding area boats stunning views and historic towns, with several holiday cottages available to rent. Despite the historic feel, there’s no lack of modern amenities and services available in the region, from guided tours to heating guides - which you can read more about at https://the-nhtg.org.uk.

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Note: The Archaeology of Burton Point - a report from the Heritage Open Day at Burton Mere RSPB reserve
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Burton Point
Burton Point submitted by andcampbell : Burton Point Hill Fort looking south (Vote or comment on this photo)

Burton Point
Burton Point submitted by andcampbell : Burton Point Hill Fort RSPB sign (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ3073 : Cycle route NCN568 north of RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands  by David Smith
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SJ3073 : The Dee Estuary from Burton Point (1) by Carroll Pierce
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The Archaeology of Burton Point by Andy B on Friday, 16 September 2022
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The Archaeology of Burton Point: The Heritage Open Day at Burton Mere RSPB

Prof Howard MR Williams writes: Burton Point is a promontory on the south-west side of the Wirral peninsula overlooking the Dee Estuary. On it, there is the fragment of a prehistoric (and possibly early medieval) promontory fort.

On Wednesday 14th September 2022 I was delighted to help the reserve’s heritage volunteer Gina Couch in giving talks and tours of the promontory fort within the Burton Mere RSPB nature reserve as part of their Heritage Open Day.

Gary Crawford-Coupe published a useful survey of Burton Point in 2005, appearing in volume 80 of the Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society. Read it HERE.
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3205290

I approached the site from two perspectives, drawing up on Gary’s inferences based on contour survey and geophysical survey as well as his summary of the antiquarian accounts and stray finds.

First, from a landscape perspective, I talked about how Burton Point was an important landmark on the Dee Estuary which was accessible from the estuary until the canalised Dee in the early 18th century took away the river. As such, I considered it an important and persistent place through prehistoric and historical periods for estuarine communities.

Second, I talked about the specific aspects of the archaeology from the Point and how little we know about the detail of the story. These include:

Neolithic stone tools; the bank-and-ditch which is most likely date to the pre-Roman Iron Age and represent a small defended settlement; among many possible interpretations of the ‘skeletons’ reportedly found on the Point in the 19th century is that the promontory had the focus of an early medieval ecclesiastical site.

Other early medieval sites in proximity include Neston, Hilbre Island, West Kirby, Irby (and on the Welsh side) Basingwerk and Holywell were discussed; the medieval and post-medieval quarrying of the Point which is interesting in itself as well as explains how we have so little of the archaeology surviving from earlier periods. There’s so much more to learn about Burton Point. In that regard, I was happy to raise with visitors the many unanswered questions about the site and its landscape context through time.

Here’s my TikTok video from the day:
https://www.tiktok.com/@archaeodeath/video/7143348317425126661
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Re: Burton Point by Anonymous on Thursday, 13 June 2019
Wonderful ancient site, any plans for excavation or further research?
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Re: Burton Point by Anonymous on Saturday, 10 June 2006
we had the most splendid afternoon of peaceful solitude at this spot.... fantastic atmosphere and beauty of location.
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