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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burley Wood HillfortCountry: England
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County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SX49548754
Latitude: 50.668033N Longitude: 4.130473W
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 |
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From the Pastscape site:
"An Iron Age hillfort with multiple defences lying on a prominent ridge overlooking the valleys of the River Lew and one of its major tributaries in an area known as Burley Wood. The hillfort consists of a roughly oval enclosure which measures 144 metres long from east to west and 94 metres wide internally. The enclosure is defined by a double rampart and ditch. The outermost ditch is preserved mainly as a buried feature. The outer rampart bank measures up to 9 metres wide and is 1.3 metres high; the inner ditch is up to 7.2 metres wide and 0.8 metres deep; the inner rampart measures up to 6.8 metres wide and 2.2 metres high. On the southern side of the hillfort are a series of irregularly shaped defended enclosures enclosed by a bank and ditch. On this souther side of the hillfort, local topography has necessitated the use of further ramparts and ditches which are not present on any other side of the monument. Scheduled."
Source: Pastscape
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