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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bishops Wood FortCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Truro
Map Ref: SW82914873
Latitude: 50.298477N Longitude: 5.049583W
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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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The earthwork remains of a large Iron Age univallate hillfort in Bishop's Wood. The hillfort is roughly oval in plan and measures approximately 170 metres by 143 metres. The earth and stone rampart is between 6.8 to 9.4 metres wide, 1.8 metres deep on the inside and between 2.5 and 3 metres high outside. The external ditch around 4.5 metres wide at the top, 2.5 metres wide at its base and 2 metres deep. The original entrances on the west and south east sides survive as gaps in the rampart.
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