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<< Text Pages >> Combe Wood - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 5044

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Combe Wood
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.963 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Great Torrington  Nearest Village: Roborough
Map Ref: SS561169  Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 50.933546N  Longitude: 4.049223W
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.
3 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.
4 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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