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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Hill (Hampshire)Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Burley
Map Ref: SU199039
Latitude: 50.834293N Longitude: 1.718783W
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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The rampart is lowest on the western side where the gradient of the natural hill is steepest; it is most obvious on the south-eastern side (several metres high) where the natural defences are less formidable.
An unmetalled road (Castle Hill Lane) runs north-south through the site, with a branch to the east to provide access to a few houses to the southeast of the earthwork. There are therefore three 'entrances' to the interior, although it is not clear whether any of these are original.
The site is within the New Forest boundary, and is grazed by common stock (mostly ponies). Hampshire treasures lists the site as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (No. 226). Terry Heathcote (in "Discovering the New Forest", Halsgrove, 1997) mentions that the hill was once the legendary home of a local dragon, slain by a knight from the village of Brook; hence the name of the Green Dragon pub at Brook. The site is within the parish of Burley, whose name may be derived from the Anglo-Saxon bury which means a 'fortified place'.
Access The Castle Hill car park at SU197041 is closed at the time of writing, but there is roadside parking on the verge. Castle Hill Lane is a narrow unsurfaced lane that runs through the site, and although it is accessible to cars priority should be given to cyclists/pedestrians. It is possible to walk the perimeter on top of the rampart, although it can be boggy in places.
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