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<< Our Photo Pages >> Thurba Fort - Hillfort in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 25 February 2004  Page Views: 8754

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Thurba Fort
Country: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bishopston  Nearest Village: Rhossili
Map Ref: SS42148704  Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.560088N  Longitude: 4.278681W
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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Thurba Fort
Thurba Fort submitted by pab : View looking south when approaching Thurba Head & its hillfort. Aerial views available on COFLEIN, link to which can be found on main site page. Photos taken July 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in West Glamorgan (Swansea)

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Thurba Fort
Thurba Fort submitted by pab : View from the Thurba Head hillfort - looking eastwards along the Gower coastline and cliffs Photo, July 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thurba Fort
Thurba Fort submitted by pab : The main defensive ditch/rampart - this view is looking south-east, with a 50m+ drop from the edge. The line of cliffs is along the Gower coastline, looking towards Paviland. Photo taken July 2011, so the level of vegetation will probably be similar for the Portal walk on the weekend of 20th/21st July 2013 for the Festival of Archaeology. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thurba Fort
Thurba Fort submitted by pab : View from Thurba Head hillfort, looking west over Mewslade Bay - with Worms Head indicated. This is a relatively easy circular walk from the Visitor Centre at Rhossili, where the Portal Walks will be based on 20th/21st July 2013 Photo taken July 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Thurba Fort
Thurba Fort submitted by pab : Several 'features' are visible on the main Thurba Head. This may well be newer than megalithic, & is possibly part of the former lime kiln shown on detailed COFLEIN maps. Certainly did not seem natural - worth someone looking more closely and arguing for this image to be removed...! Photo taken July 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS4287 : Thurba Point by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
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SS4287 : View down onto an old lime kiln near Mewslade Bay by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
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SS4287 : Remnant of a lime kiln above the sea cliffs by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)
SS4287 : Thurba Fort by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
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SS4286 : Part of the Gower coast east of Mewslade by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)

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 305m NNE 30° Mewslade Caves* Cave or Rock Shelter (SS423873)
 580m ESE 115° Red Fescue Hole Cave or Rock Shelter (SS42668678)
 1.1km NNW 337° Rhossili millenium stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SS41738811)
 1.2km ESE 121° The Knave* Hillfort (SS43188637)
 1.3km ESE 123° Cwtch Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SS432863)
 1.3km NW 323° Rhossili Visitor Centre* Museum (SS414881)
 1.4km ESE 121° Deborah's Hole Cave or Rock Shelter (SS433863)
 1.5km NW 306° Old Castle Camp* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SS40938799)
 1.6km SE 128° Horse Cliff Hillfort (SS434860)
 1.7km N 355° Rhossili Down Cairn 4* Cairn (SS42048877)
 1.8km N 354° The Beacon (West Glamorgan)* Cairn (SS42008886)
 1.9km N 0° Rhossili Down South 12* Ring Cairn (SS422889)
 1.9km N 356° Rhossili Down Cairn 3* Cairn (SS42068894)
 1.9km ESE 121° Yellow Top, Paviland Camp* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SS43758600)
 1.9km SE 125° Hound's Hole Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SS43698589)
 1.9km SE 125° Goat's Cave, Paviland* Cave or Rock Shelter (SS43718588)
 2.0km ESE 119° Foxhole Slade Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SS43848601)
 2.0km N 356° Rhossili Down Cairn 2* Ring Cairn (SS42078903)
 2.1km N 355° Rhossili Down Cairn 1 * Cairn (SS42028918)
 2.2km N 359° Rhossili Down ring cairn* Ring Cairn (SS42178929)
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 2.7km N 358° Sweyne's Howse ring cairn* Ring Cairn (SS42148977)
 2.8km N 2° Rhosili Down Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SS42328980)
 2.8km N 357° Sweyne's Howes South* Chambered Tomb (SS42108982)
 2.8km W 279° Worms Head, Promontary Fort* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SS39378757)
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Re: Thurba Fort by PAB on Saturday, 09 March 2013
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Situated just off the Gower Coastal Path, this defended enclosure occupies a good site with excellent views along the cliffs. A good option for the Portal Walks in July 2013!

COFLEIN describes the location as follows:

"Thurba Camp is a defensive complex set about a central enclosure c.50m by 40m perched on an irregular coastal promontory, defined by precipitous cliffs except where a stone-faced wall/rampart faces NE across the promontory isthmus, with two widely spaced lines of bank & ditch beyond , the outer having a c.90m frontage.
Up to seven circular structures have been noted associated with the central enclosure, although the site as a whole is obscurred by lime workings."

There are good aerial images available on COFLEIN
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Re: Thurba Fort by PAB on Saturday, 09 March 2013
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COFLEIN entry for this fort gives location as SS42148704 - so this could be given with accuracy score of 5 [Updated]
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