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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lewesdon HillfortCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: ST437012
Latitude: 50.807604N Longitude: 2.800391W
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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Details from Pastscape:
"A large univallate hillfort on the top of a narrow hill. The hillfort is defended on its south western and south eastern sides by a precipitous scarp. Along the northern side where the slope is less steep there are traces of an infilled ditch about 7 metres below the level of the interior which covers an area of about 1.2ha. At the western and southern end the hillfort is approached across narrow ridges which create natural causeways. At the western end, crossing the ridge, there is a slight ditch, 2.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep, with traces of an outer bank, 4 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high. Inside the enclosure there are traces of a bank, up to 0.5 metres high, running along the edge of the scarp which may be the remains of an inner rampart. Similarly at the southern end the slope levels off suggesting an infilled ditch with a counterscarp bank which crosses the ridge. The line of the ditch continues as a ledge along the south western scarp for about 80 metres. There is a possible internal rampart cutting across the ridge 4 metres wide and up to 0.8 metres high at this end. The interior of the hillfort has been disturbed by gravel digging and timber removal. Scheduled."
Source: Pastscape
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