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<< Our Photo Pages >> Blackfield Wood - Hillfort in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 5545

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Blackfield Wood
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chepstow  Nearest Village: Tintern
Map Ref: ST529990  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.687769N  Longitude: 2.682736W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
2 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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Blackfield Wood
Blackfield Wood submitted by DrewParsons : The hillfort heavily overgrown on a ridge and photographed as I steeply descended from the woods on the Wye Valley trail. October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Monmouthshire

The hillfort heavily overgrown on a ridge and photographed as I steeply descended from the woods on the Wye Valley trail. October 2017
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST5299 : Path descending from the hillfort at the northern end of Black Cliff Wood by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)
ST5299 : Wye Valley walk crosses remains of hill fort by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2018(licence)
ST5299 : Black Cliff Wood by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2022(licence)
ST5299 : Steep descent from hill fort by don cload
by don cload
©2021(licence)
ST5298 : Black Cliff Wood by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2008(licence)

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 1.6km SW 230° Gaer Hill Camp* Hillfort (ST517980)
 1.8km NE 42° Offa's Dyke near Brockweir* Misc. Earthwork (SO541003)
 2.1km NNW 337° Lower Halewood Round Barrow(s) (SO521009)
 2.1km NNW 334° Tintern 2* Round Barrow(s) (SO5197000913)
 2.1km NNW 337° Tintern 1* Round Barrow(s) (SO5207200980)
 2.2km ESE 120° Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase* Misc. Earthwork (ST548979)
 2.4km ESE 102° Soldier's Tump* Round Barrow(s) (ST55289849)
 2.7km SSE 149° Spital Meend* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (ST54269671)
 2.8km SSW 205° St Arvan's Cross* Ancient Cross (ST517965)
 2.9km NNE 33° Cup Stone on Mill Hill* Rock Art (SO545014)
 3.1km SSE 166° Pierce Wood Camp 1* Hillfort (ST53619596)
 3.3km ENE 69° East Wood Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SO5594600157)
 3.3km S 173° Piercefield Park Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST53259575)
 3.3km S 173° Pierce Wood Camp 2* Hillfort (ST53259572)
 3.8km NW 307° Trellech United Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO499013)
 4.1km WSW 248° Chepstow Park Wood Cairn Cairn (ST491975)
 4.7km SSW 198° Great Barnets Wood Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (ST51389451)
 4.8km S 172° Chepstow Museum* Museum (ST53579420)
 4.9km S 190° Bishop Barnet's Camp Ancient Village or Settlement (ST520942)
 5.1km SW 223° Itton Cross (St Deiniol's)* Ancient Cross (ST4933095290)
 5.2km ESE 109° Broad Stone (Gloucestershire)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST5776397247)
 6.0km NW 323° Gaer (Trellech)* Hillfort (SO493038)
 6.1km NNE 29° The Ancient Barrow Well, St. Briavel's* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO5593004337)
 6.2km NNE 27° St Bride's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO5574404515)
 6.3km S 171° The Bulwarks (Monmouthshire)* Hillfort (ST53789274)
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