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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dundon Hill - Hillfort in England in Somerset

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 27 November 2004  Page Views: 13776

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dundon Hill
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Somerton  Nearest Village: Dundon
Map Ref: ST484322  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.086782N  Longitude: 2.738096W
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.
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.
no data 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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lamaick visited on 10th Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I visited the sacred spring and 'face in the tree' in the woods as opposed to the beacon itself.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by DavidRaven : The top of the hillfort, with Glastonbury Tor in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, What looked like a hut site within the tight bend at the far North of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The bank at the North East of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The Eastern bank and the northern part of this big fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The Eastern side looking North. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, Eastern bank looking North.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, Looking over the Eastern bank at the Southern part of this large fort.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The bank at the South East looking South.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The Western side looking South in this large fort.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by Bladup : Dundon Hillfort, The large bank on the Northern side of the entrance on the North West side of the fort.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by caradoc68 : Glastonbury can easily be seen from Dundon hill just though the gap in the trees. Many more hillforts would of been visible before the trees were planted.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by caradoc68 : Dundon Hill, Univallate hillfort. In some places the Palisade was 8-10 high no ditches were found has l think the hill wound of been to steep to put ditches in or ramparts. The side of the hill is heavily wooded with trees with a few fresh water springs half way down the hill. Back when the hill was inhabited there would not of been any trees on the hill and you would of had a 360 panoramic view ...

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by mattimpey : Dundun Hillfort is an Iron age hillfort. Now used as a farmers field.

Dundon Hill
Dundon Hill submitted by mattimpey : Dundon Hillfort is accessible up a very steep farmers track. Very muddy in the wet.

Dundon hill
Dundon hill submitted by caradoc68 : Dundon hill is a free standing hill on the edge of the polden hills in South Somerset. Even though Dundon hill is heavyly wooded "no ramparts can be seen" there is a farmers's track to the somit via sckool line in Dundon village.

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 12.2km NNW 327° Abbot's Way* Ancient Trackway (ST419425)
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 12.3km W 280° Westonzoyland Cursus Cursus (ST36263450)
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 14.2km NW 307° Sulphur spring Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST37124085)
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Re: Dundon Hill by MarionBenham on Friday, 12 December 2003
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If you want to visit go outside of school hours and park in the tiny school carpark, or if you like a longer walk park in the Castlebrook inn and walk through the fields! If you take the route up the hill through the woods you might find the holy well, the woods are called Holwell Woods, when its running its very magical, the water comes from a little cave in a mound, you can hear it trickling inside. The spring used to be much fuller until it was tapped underground in the last century by a local farm and now only runs when the weather has been wet. Look out for pentacles and other strange carvings on the surrounding trees! The earthworks on top of the hill are very sharp and clear in places, though not terribly high. There is quite a large flat area on top now the pine trees have been cleared by the NCC.
The little church in the village has a yew tree in its yard that is at least 1000 years old, worth a visit too, you can get inside its hollow trunk.
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