<< Our Photo Pages >> Bury Castle (Exmoor) - Hillfort in England in Somerset
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bury Castle (Exmoor)Country: England County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Selworthy
Map Ref: SS91744716
Latitude: 51.213347N Longitude: 3.551329W
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 |
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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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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lichen visited on 12th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
An Iron Age defended settlement with an additional cross-ridge defence on the uphill west side, situated on the tip of a spur. It survives as a good and well-preserved example of its class, with an associated cross-ridge work which is a feature of several broadly contemporary monuments in the region. [source]
Not to be confused with Berry Castle (Exmoor).
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