<< Our Photo Pages >> Cockit Hill - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Powys
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cockit Hill Alternative Name: COCKIT HILL B ENCLOSURECountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Talgarth Nearest Village: Llangors
Map Ref: SO16032774
Latitude: 51.941801N Longitude: 3.222962W
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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The enclosure is interpreted as going north of the bank for roughly 55metres and is defined by rock outcrops on the north and north east sides; while the west side is a steep slope.
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