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<< Text Pages >> Gussage Hill - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Dorset

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Multi-periodSite Name: Gussage Hill
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum  Nearest Village: Gussage
Map Ref: ST990140  Landranger Map Number: 195
Latitude: 50.925454N  Longitude: 2.0156W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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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Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : Defences at ST98811435 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : Banks and ditches at ST98911438 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : Gussage Hill Settlement at ST99661363 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : Bank and ditch at Gussage Hill Settlement - ST99621365 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : The large Gussage Hill Settlement at ST99701360 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gussage Hill
Gussage Hill submitted by Bladup : Gussage Hill Settlement at ST99741354

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 360m ESE 124° Gussage Down (North)* Long Barrow (ST993138)
 565m SE 135° Gussage Down (South)* Long Barrow (ST994136)
 922m SSE 167° Gussage South-East Long Barrow (ST992131)
 2.1km NE 51° Wyke Down henge* Henge (SU006153)
 2.2km WSW 240° Ogden Down 3 Timber Circle (ST971129)
 2.2km ENE 58° Wyke Down barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SU009152)
 2.3km E 98° Monkton-up-Wimborne Late Neolithic pit circle/shaft complex* Misc. Earthwork (SU01311367)
 2.5km ENE 74° Drive Plantation* Long Barrow (SU014147)
 2.6km SW 226° Thickthorn Down (South)* Long Barrow (ST971122)
 2.6km SW 226° Thickthorn Round Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (ST971122)
 2.6km SW 230° Thickthorn Down (North)* Long Barrow (ST970123)
 2.6km SW 233° Gussage St Michael Cursus Cursus (ST969124)
 2.7km WSW 251° Thickthorn Farm Long Barrow (ST964131)
 2.8km SSW 198° Parsonage Hill* Long Barrow (ST98131137)
 3.0km ENE 57° Pentridge Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
 3.0km ENE 57° Gussage St Michael Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
 3.3km NE 47° Bottlebush Down barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU01381625)
 3.4km NE 54° Dorset Cursus* Cursus (SU01751600)
 4.0km NE 34° Wor Barrow* Long Barrow (SU01241729)
 4.1km WSW 253° Chettle House* Long Barrow (ST9506612803)
 4.3km NNW 335° Scrubbity Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (ST97201789)
 4.3km NE 40° Oakley Down Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU01821731)
 4.5km NE 50° Pentridge 4* Long Barrow (SU025169)
 5.0km SE 138° Knowlton Rings* Henge (SU02381028)
 5.1km SE 137° Knowlton Great Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU02541027)
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