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<< Text Pages >> Hawksdown Camp - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 02 March 2012  Page Views: 5974

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hawksdown Camp Alternative Name: Oxendon Castle, Hawkesdown Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.791 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Axmouth
Map Ref: SY26299143
Latitude: 50.717804N  Longitude: 3.045479W
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

An Iron Age bivallate hillfort is located NE from buildings of Axmouth. Its earthworks enclose 2.5 ha.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SY2691 : Hawkesdown Hill, Axmouth by Raymond Cubberley
by Raymond Cubberley
©2011(licence)
SY2691 : The woods on Hawkesdown Hill by David Smith
by David Smith
©2012(licence)
SY2691 : Axmouth Community Woodland Orchard by David Smith
by David Smith
©2012(licence)
SY2691 : Hawkesdown Hill by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2007(licence)
SY2591 : Axe estuary by Katy Walters
by Katy Walters
©2008(licence)

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