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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hardings Down East
Country: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Swansea Nearest Village: Llangennith
Map Ref: SS43719065 Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.592959N Longitude: 4.257659W
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
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**Hardings Down East** submitted by TheCaptain : Some of the embankments of Hardings Down East hillfort can be seen atop Hardings Down, as seen here from Rhossili Down. (Vote or comment on this photo)

One of three hillforts built on Hardings Down near the western end of the Gower Peninsula. This fort has slight embankments built around the very top of the Down.

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