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<< Our Photo Pages >> Elworthy Barrows hillfort - Hillfort in England in Somerset

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Minehead  Nearest Village: Elworthy
Map Ref: ST070338
Latitude: 51.095939N  Longitude: 3.329465W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
4 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
0no data
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Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Elworthy Barrows hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Partial remains of a roughly circular hillfort defended by a bank and ditch, at the eastern end of the Brendon Hills in Somerset.

From Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1965 ST03SE1 (SCC Planning Department) Fine example of an unfinished hillfort in a situation where there is no defence. Enclosed in the 1830s and laid to pasture. Occasional ploughing but no deliberate attempt to destroy the rampart and infill the ditch. Last ploughed c1943 when cores, worked flakes and three leaf-shaped arrowheads were found by A.L Wedlake. Previously thought that the camp was Neolithic but no evidence for this. Causewayed effects on N side result from incomplete construction - there is a wide berm between quarry pits representing the ditch and the upcast of the rampart. E side taken a little further with a continuous weak bank and shallow ditch although the inturned entrance is well developed. S side mutilated by a field bank. W side almost complete with working sections evident. Gap in SW seems original.
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Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Shadow of the trig point at Elworthy Barrows hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Elworthy Barrows hillfort from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : The segmented ditch [and bank] at Elworthy Barrows hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Looking over Elworthy Barrows hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Looking over Elworthy Barrows hillfort to the unfinished ramparts on the Southern side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Part of the unfinished bank at Elworthy Barrows hillfort.

Elworthy Barrows hillfort
Elworthy Barrows hillfort submitted by Bladup : Elworthy Barrows hillfort, It looked to me that it was a collection of bronze age barrows on the hill that were been joined together the make the unfinished iron age 'fort', Makes you wonder about other forts and the use of barrows in their construction.

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