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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aconbury Hill - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by jfarrar on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 14707

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Aconbury Hill Alternative Name: Caer Rhain
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hereford  Nearest Village: King's Thorn
Map Ref: SO504331
Latitude: 51.994120N  Longitude: 2.723799W
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
 3 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.
 5 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
 4

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Aconbury Hill
Aconbury Hill submitted by jfarrar : Aconbury Hill from the north (Vote or comment on this photo)
The fort was a rough rectangle enclosing some 17½ acres. It has a bank, ditch and counterscarp bank with in-turned entrances south-east and the south-west, the latter with an outwork. The bank rises to five metres and averages 4½ metres along its length. The ditch has been destroyed on the west and north sides although a path follows its line.

Pottery found on the site indicates it was permanently occupied from the 2nd century BCE until after the Roman Conquest. The interior of the camp is wooded and a path leads up to its highest point where there is a triangulation point – rather redundant given the density of the trees.
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Aconbury Hill
Aconbury Hill submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Aconbury Hillfort Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aconbury Hill
Aconbury Hill submitted by jfarrar : The south-west inturned entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aconbury Hill
Aconbury Hill submitted by jfarrar : The north-west entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SO5033 : Path on Aconbury Hill by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
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SO5033 : Path on top of Aconbury Hill by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
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SO5032 : Aconbury Hillfort Rampart by Sandy Gerrard
by Sandy Gerrard
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SO5032 : Aconbury Wood by Stephen McKay
by Stephen McKay
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SO5033 : Aconbury Iron-age fort, ramparts by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
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Re: Aconbury Hill by Anonymous on Friday, 25 April 2014
Up until 1750, the Forest of Dean reached to the gates of Hereford. The whole county was deeply wooded. It would be wrong therefore that at anytime there was a clear view across the valley to Hereford city. The land was in the later modern period owned by the Duke of Chandos, whose antecedents built Dewsall Court. The hill fort became a haven for wildlife. Herefordshire has traditionally been a woodland county of forest and orchards. The vantage point of the hill does suggest however that military purposes were never far from its purposive construction. It is important to note that the Scots army under General Leven moved eastwards towards Canon Frome and Ledbury, going on until through Dymock until they reached Newent. That was the most southerly destination. The Scots presence in Herefordshire helped keep its Royalist character, making the people afeared of invasion. The OS map may not show that since, several of the streams in this fertile valley have since dried up, as they flowed down what is now the A 49 towards the River Wye.
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    Re: Aconbury Hill by Anonymous on Wednesday, 05 June 2019
    Hi,



    "Up until 1750, the Forest of Dean reached to the gates of Hereford". I fail to see the use of a hill fort in a forest, one cannot see an enemy approach.
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Re: Aconbury Hill by jfarrar on Monday, 03 November 2008
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Another name for the site is Caer Rhain.

The fort was a rough rectangle enclosing some 17½ acres. It has a bank, ditch and counterscarp bank with in-turned entrances south-east and the south-west, the latter with an outwork. The bank rises to five metres and averages 4½ metres along its length. The ditch has been destroyed on the west and north sides although a path follows its line.

Pottery found on the site indicates it was permanently occupied from the 2nd century BCE until after the Roman Conquest. The interior of the camp is wooded and a path leads up to its highest point where there is a triangulation point – rather redundant given the density of the trees.
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