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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Spreacombe FortCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SS4823641585
Latitude: 51.153342N Longitude: 4.171404W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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Hillfort in Devon
Spreacombe Fort ia an irregular circular earthwork situated on eastern end of a ridge whose slopes are not steep. Its defences consist of a ditch to east and south, where land falls away, and of a ditch with inner bank across north and west where the land is almost level. The south and east portion which falls in a wood is fairly well preserved while the remainder which lies in pasture land, has been under plough and is ploughed out. No definite trace of an entrance nor of hut circles in interior. A water supply is available immediately to south.
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