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<< Text Pages >> Burley Wood Hillfort - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 February 2010  Page Views: 5792

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burley Wood Hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SX49548754
Latitude: 50.668033N  Longitude: 4.130473W
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
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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
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Hillfort in Devon

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"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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SX4987 : Burley Wood by Derek Harper
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SX4987 : Stream under Burley Wood by Derek Harper
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SX4987 : Small quarry in Burley Wood by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
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SX4987 : Burley Wood Cottage by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2006(licence)
SX4987 : Burley Wood Cottage, Bridestowe, 1947 by Frances Bertha Reynolds
by Frances Bertha Reynolds
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