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<< Text Pages >> Crocksydam Camp - Hillfort in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 26 August 2002  Page Views: 5309

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Crocksydam Camp
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 7.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Pembrokeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Pembroke  Nearest Village: Bosherston
Map Ref: SR936943  Landranger Map Number: 158
Latitude: 51.609600N  Longitude: 4.982288W
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
no data 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
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Crocksydam Camp
Crocksydam Camp submitted by Horatio : Looking east with the dark line going from left to right just above rhe rock (lower left) is the ditch that has a a sheep path along it. Not a substantial ditch or rampart and sumthis was possibly a bivariate iron age enclosure/fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crocksydam Camp
Crocksydam Camp submitted by Horatio : Looking towards the bank and ditch approx 100m in length that is overlooked by two crags to the north. Measuring 84x86m the camp promontory shown Moody Nose on OS maps. Excavations in 1930's produced Romano-British pottery from a building of some kind, there was reports of a partial skeleton with what may have been a signet ring or broach made out of bronze. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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