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Submitted by byll on Sunday, 22 August 2010 Page Views: 8326

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cherry Hill
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hereford Nearest Village: Fownhope
Map Ref: SO577352
Latitude: 52.013605N Longitude: 2.617747W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

2 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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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**Cherry Hill** submitted by byll : Cherry Hill seen from the east at the road entrance to Nupend wood (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Herefordshire

Steep and slippery hillside above Fownhope, slightly easier to access from Nupend Wood (nature trail heading Northeast leads to footpath into Fownhope park wood after which one can double back south to the ancient site). Quite a bit more distance that way but a good bit more secure under foot. A significant amount of old Yew trees can be seen along the top rampart, the inside of the fort is youngish open deciduous woodland. I felt that there was a rather uneasy atmosphere, but I might just have been imagining it.

The Iron Age fort of Cherry Hill is unique in the region in that it shows compelling evidence for the original fort having been destroyed in a violent and systematic manner. A new fort was later constructed on the site giving archaeologists a rare insight into an episode of instability and warfare in a time which was largely thought to be, in the main, peaceful.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SO5735 : Quarry off Woolhope Road by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
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SO5735 : Woolhope Road by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
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SO5734 : Woolhope Road, Fownhope by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
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SO5735 : Nupend Mill by David M Clark — by David M Clark
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SO5735 : Arable land below Cherry Hill by Pauline E — by Pauline E
©2008(licence)

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