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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinmore Hill Alternative Name: Dinmore CampCountry: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Hope under Dinmore
Map Ref: SO520519
Latitude: 52.163271N Longitude: 2.703149W
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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Likely Hillfort in Herefordshire. In July of 2009 the Time Team investigated a possible Iron Age hillfort on Dinmore Hill north of Hereford. The mammoth operation involved not just the Time Team regulars, but also another seven HA archaeologists, ten HA coordinated volunteers, and around fifty Time Team support staff ranging from camera crews to caterers.
Despite some awful weather, the results were extremely interesting, and have potentially put a major and important new site on the Herefordshire prehistoric map.
Source: the Unnoficial Time Team page and Historic Environment Today.
However Time Team appear to be hiding their light under a bushel so here is a spoiler:
Public bridleway from A49 passes through this hillfort Single rampart and ditch survive in good condition across neck of hill N of the bridleway. South of this the line is continued as an eroded features followed by the parish boundary. Hillfort must have used the steep hillside as defence along most of its N & S and eastwards it must have extended as far as the house. Area enclosed about 9.6 hectares representing large hillfort from which the name of the hill (din mawr great fort or hill) is probably derived.
Source: Herefordshire SMR
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