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<< Our Photo Pages >> Burfa Camp - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

Submitted by jfarrar on Wednesday, 26 August 2020  Page Views: 19802

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burfa Camp Alternative Name: Burfa Bank, Burfa Castle
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Burva
Map Ref: SO285610  Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.242521N  Longitude: 3.048578W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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
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Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : Ramparts at Burfa Camp (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the ramparts of Burfa hillfort in Powys. The interior is very overgrown with thickets of saplings, brambles and nettles making it difficult to get any perspective of the fort. According to Coflein the size is 579m by up to 187m, with a bank and ditch above steep slopes, except to the west, where there are three to four banks and ditches.

Offa's Dyke runs close by and seems to reference this hillfort
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Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by camperman : An illustration of the steep slopes that surround Burfa Bank. This was taken on the bank just below the north west main entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by camperman : The main entrance on the north west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Burfa Camp submitted by camperman : Aerial view of Burfa Bank from the north east with Herrock Hill in the back ground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by camperman : Burfa Bank from the south east. An elongated contour hill fort with very steep surrounding slopes on all sides. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : Looking through the worn entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : The entrance

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : The highest point in the fort, looking over the rampart.

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Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : Over the edge

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : The forts interior, and the tree of ultimate knowledge.

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : A choked entrance

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by Postman : Ramparts at Burfa Camp

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by jfarrar : One of the ramparts of Burfa Hill fort. The interior is very overgrown with thickets of saplings, brambles and nettles making it difficult to get any perspective of the fort.

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by TimPrevett : As seen in the distance, from the west. Burfa Camp sits exactly on the line of sight from the road east from the Four Stones, adjacent the site of the vast neolithic enclosure. (4 comments)

Burfa Camp
Burfa Camp submitted by TimPrevett : Burfa Camp hill viewed peeping through the trees at Knill Church just to the south.

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 1.9km WSW 239° Walton Cursus Cursus (SO26826001)
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 2.3km W 267° Hindwell Causewayed Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SO26246092)
 2.3km WSW 240° Walton Green Cursus (SO26525989)
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 2.8km W 271° Hindwell Ash* Round Barrow(s) (SO25706111)
 3.1km W 264° Hindwell Enclosure* Timber Circle (SO2544560720)
 3.1km W 263° Hindwell Farm 1* Round Barrow(s) (SO25376064)
 3.2km NW 324° Castle Ring (Powys)* Hillfort (SO26646360)
 3.3km W 268° Hindwell Farm 2* Round Barrow(s) (SO25226091)
 3.4km W 274° Upper Ninepence barrow and Neolithic enclosure Round Barrow(s) (SO251613)
 3.4km WSW 251° Walton Palisaded Enclosure* Timber Circle (SO25235996)
 3.6km W 265° Hindwell Cursus* Cursus (SO24926074)
 3.6km W 268° The Hindwell Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO24916093)
 3.9km W 268° Four Stones Barrow Cemetary* Barrow Cemetery (SO24596091)
 3.9km W 266° Four Stones (Powys)* Stone Circle (SO24576080)
 4.0km NW 322° Beggar's Bush Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SO26096417)
 4.0km WSW 241° Old Radnor Church* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO24995909)
 4.0km W 262° Hindwell Cursus* Cursus (SO24496052)
 4.0km WSW 254° Knapp Mount Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (SO2458659975)
 4.0km SSW 201° Yeld Wood Stone Row / Alignment (SO26995724)
 4.3km WNW 293° Kinnerton* Standing Stones (SO24566274)
 4.4km WNW 288° Crossfield Lane Barrow (Kinnerton)* Round Barrow(s) (SO24356243)
 4.4km WSW 256° Harpton Round Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SO24225998)
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Re: Burfa Camp by SumDoood on Monday, 14 September 2020
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I haven't visited here, but on the map it looks similar, though differently oriented, to the fort at Credenhill which is 14 straight miles away.
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Re: Burfa Camp by Andy B on Wednesday, 26 August 2020
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Coflien says: A substantial and irregular hilltop enclosure, 579m by up to 187m, defined by a bank and ditch above steep slopes, except to the W, where there are three-four banks and ditches, incorporating a torturous entrance approach.

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/300469/details/burfa-hillfort
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Re: Burfa Camp by Anonymous on Friday, 18 April 2003
I live in the shadow of Burfa Bank and spend a lot of time walking there. I am still trying to find the water supply as the nearest supply is 100 feet down in our field
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    Re: Burfa Camp by SumDoood on Monday, 14 September 2020
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    How is it pronounced, beerva, burva? And what might it mean?
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      Re: Burfa Camp by Anonymous on Wednesday, 08 November 2023
      It is pronounced Burva. Appears in early deeds etc as Burward. No idea what it means.
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