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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bishops Wood Fort - Hillfort in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 29 August 2020  Page Views: 2831

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bishops Wood Fort
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Truro
Map Ref: SW82914873
Latitude: 50.298477N  Longitude: 5.049583W
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.
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
5

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Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Looking out the SE Entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
A hillfort near Truro with a strong univallate defence and a hill top situation, densely afforested. It consists of a large bank with deep outer ditch. There are three gaps on the NE, SE and W. The former is small and probably modern. The other two are probably original.

The earthwork remains of a large Iron Age univallate hillfort in Bishop's Wood. The hillfort is roughly oval in plan and measures approximately 170 metres by 143 metres. The earth and stone rampart is between 6.8 to 9.4 metres wide, 1.8 metres deep on the inside and between 2.5 and 3 metres high outside. The external ditch around 4.5 metres wide at the top, 2.5 metres wide at its base and 2 metres deep. The original entrances on the west and south east sides survive as gaps in the rampart.
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Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), SW side, Lovely site! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), West Side (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro) NW side (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro) interior, Shakey trees, Still floors (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Inner bank, ditch and outer bank, North side (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), The steep inner bank, ditch and smaller outer bank

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Inside the inner bank on the slighter Eastern side

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Looking out the what's thought to be modern NE Entrance

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), On the high inner bank

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), The SE entrance Causeway

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), The Wide outer bank at the East

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Stood on the South East Entrance Causeway looking North

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Stood on the South East Entrance Causeway looking South

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Looking out the Western Entrance

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), The highest bank on the Western Side

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Western entrance Causeway

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Western Side, looking South

Bishops Wood Fort
Bishops Wood Fort submitted by Bladup : Bishops Wood Fort (Truro), Western Side, looking North

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