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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Roborough Down EarthworksCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.873 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Roborough
Map Ref: SX50556415
Latitude: 50.458092N Longitude: 4.106793W
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 |
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mikeaitch visited on 14th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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In 2005, volunteers from the Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA) and Roborough Commoners Association joined forces to clear the scrub which has hidden the historic site for centuries. DPA development officer Dru Butterfield said "This is a massive task and we have to work quickly to clear the scrub before the bird nesting season starts. No one knows for sure exactly what "The Earthworks" are. They are one of the remaining mysteries of Dartmoor's past. Hopefully, clearing the site will enable archaeologists from the Dartmoor National Park Authority and English Heritage to solve the puzzle at last".
Update November 2019: This site is classed as a fort by Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) - see their entry for the Roborough Down Fort, which tells us these are "Iron Age Earthworks". The site is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 439548, and as MDV2366 (Roborough Down Camp, 180 metres north-east of Higher Lodge) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER.
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