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<< Text Pages >> Membury Castle - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 27 October 2011  Page Views: 5190

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Membury Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.55 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Membury
Map Ref: ST282028
Latitude: 50.820273N  Longitude: 3.020651W
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
3 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 Devon

A univallate Iron Age hillfort covering 1,3 ha. It has three entrances, one of which is probably modern.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST2802 : Trees obscuring the view of Membury Castle by Sarah Charlesworth
by Sarah Charlesworth
©2011(licence)
ST2802 : Membury: Membury Castle by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2007(licence)
ST2802 : Membury: footpath to Membury Castle by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2006(licence)
ST2802 : Footpath to Membury Castle by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2013(licence)
ST2802 : Entrance, East Membury Farm by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2017(licence)

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