<< Text Pages >> Hawksdown Camp - Hillfort in England in Devon
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hawksdown Camp Alternative Name: Oxendon Castle, Hawkesdown HillCountry: 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:
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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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