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<< Other Photo Pages >> Belsar's Hill - Hillfort in England in Cambridgeshire

Submitted by rogerfentiman on Wednesday, 05 August 2020  Page Views: 1478

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Belsar's Hill
Country: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cambridge  Nearest Village: Willingham
Map Ref: TL424703
Latitude: 52.312348N  Longitude: 0.087475E
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
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Belsar's Hill
Belsar's Hill submitted by rogerfentiman : Extracted from the LiDAR 1m DSM, ©Environment Agency 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Belsar's Hill is an oval-shaped area, 265–220 metres (869–722 ft), enclosing 6 acres (24,000 m^2). At the time of its construction, it would have constituted an island of firm soil surrounded by waterlogged fens.

The defences are believed to have consisted of a single 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) wide, 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) ditch, and a rampart on a 2–4 metres (6.6–13.1 ft) high bank. The hill was situated along the Aldreth Causeway, and is transected by a 19th-century track, believed to be a redirection of the original Causeway.

On private land, farmed fields. LIDAR shows evidence of overlying ridge-and-furrow, barely visible on the ground. Transected by the Aldreth Causeway from Iram Drove to Aldreth High Bridge.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TL4270 : Belsar's Hill by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
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TL4270 : The Causeway by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2018(licence)
TL4270 : Belsar's Hill earthworks by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2010(licence)
TL4270 : Belsar's Hill earthworks by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2011(licence)
TL4270 : Belsar's Hill: earthwork and ditch by John Sutton
by John Sutton
©2013(licence)

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