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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hilton Wood CastleCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Holsworthy Nearest Village: Whitstone
Map Ref: SX25229969
Latitude: 50.770396N Longitude: 4.480057W
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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 |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Hilton Wood Castle is an ancient earthwork in Hilton Wood c. 1 mile NW of Whitstone.
Historic England describes it in List Entry No. 10004663 as a Slight Univallate Hillfort dating from between the Late Bronze Age & Early Iron Age. It survives as a wooded oval enclosure measuring 95 by 80 metres. It is surrounded by a steep rampart up to 2.8m high with an entrance gap in the E perimeter.
Directions: Use Postcode EX22 2TW to navigate to Hilton Woods Lodges. The earthwork lies 250 yards N of the holiday park entrance on the R at the edge of Hilton Wood.
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