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<< Our Photo Pages >> Little Doward - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by melinki on Tuesday, 19 August 2008  Page Views: 11772

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Little Doward
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Monmouth  Nearest Village: Ganarew
Map Ref: SO5416
Latitude: 51.840698N  Longitude: 2.669081W
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.
 2 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.
 3 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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Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The South East entrance to the main North Western part of this large fort, A hut site is just visible in the foreground. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Herefordshire

2008 report: There is major tree felling happening at the fort, so access to the site will be difficult/restricted when the workmen are there. We visited on a Sunday, and were able to get a proper look.
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Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Little Doward Fort Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by oldman : The climb up to Little Doward Hillfort (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, I'm not sure if this growth marks hut sites, old barrow sites or nothing, There's a few of them scattered about the fort. The photo is looking South East. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The outside [2] banks and ditch at the east of the main enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, A hut site in the smaller South Eastern part of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, A hut site in the interior of the Main North Western enclosure. The smaller South Eastern enclosure can just be seen in the distance as the bit of grassy land that sticks out from the main enclosure on the right of the photo.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The North Eastern side of the main North Western fort looking North West.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, Looking over the North Western entrance of the Main North Western enclosure.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The Northern part of the Main North Western enclosure.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The bank and ditch at the North Western entrance [looking North East] of the Main North Western enclosure.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by Bladup : Little Doward, The bank and ditch at the North Western entrance [looking South West] of the Main North Western enclosure.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Taken on the rampart. Shows the curve of the ditch and another embankment.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Another embankment

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Bank of earth.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Ditch.

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Taken on the rampart

Little Doward
Little Doward submitted by melinki : Arrow points to what I believe to be the inner rampart.

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Little Doward excavation by Andy B on Saturday, 18 June 2011
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An excavation of Little Doward, Iron Age Hillfort was carried out from the 3rd May to the 22nd May.

Work was carried out within a single trench, 25 metres long by 3 metres wide. The aim of the investigation was to test the possibility of an earlier rampart within the hillfort interior as well as to identify any structures such as round houses, storage pits etc.

Parking can be found in a lay-by off the A40 (Ganarew) at Grid SO 53380 16330.

http://eatoncamp.wordpress.com/
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Re: Little Doward by coldrum on Sunday, 03 January 2010
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The following information is from the Pastscape site.

"Little Doward Camp now consists of an oval enclosure with a
rectangular annexe towards the SE. The oval portion is surrounded by
a double embankment with a medial ditch, except on the S side where
the steep slope made only a single bank necessary. The double
embankment turns outward at the NW angle indicating the former
existence of an outer enclosure on this side. The earthworks were
considerably damaged in the 19th century when the owner formed paths
through the ramparts and he is said to have replaced an outer rampart
on the NW by a straight bank leading to an iron view-tower.

The rectangular annexe is only defended by a natural outcrop of rock
on three sides; it is divided from the main camp by a track which is
partly sunk. Within the oval are a well and a series of mounds
(SO 51 NW 14). (2)

An IA bivallate hillfort, with enclosure, situated upon an almost
level-topped wooded limestone hill, with steep natural slopes to the
NE and NW and very steep rocky slopes to the SW. The enclosure to the
SE of the main work is bounded by limestone cliffs above very steep
natural slopes.

The hillfort defences comprise, on the NW and NE a strong inner
rampart, 12.0 to 16.0m in width, 1.5 to 2.5m in height; a medial
ditch, 6.0 to 8.0m in width, 1.0 to 2.0m deep and an outer rampart,
6.0 to 8.0m in width, 1.0 to 2.0m in height. To the SW a single
rampart suffices and is 7.0m wide and 1.5m high. To the SE, along the
junction with the enclosure, is a 1.0m high outward-facing slope,
probably the ploughed-down remains of a rampart. The probable
original entrance was through the NE side with access up a natural
shelving hill slope. Another narrow rock-cut entrance through the
ramparts on the SW side is undoubtedly original. The well, at the S
end of the hillfort, could not be located, and has probably been
filled in. "

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=109665
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