<< Our Photo Pages >> Crow Hill Enclosure - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Dorset
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Multi-periodSite Name: Crow Hill EnclosureCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Portesham
Map Ref: SY59368786
Latitude: 50.688962N Longitude: 2.576679W
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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Crow Hill Enclosure is rectilinear enclosure with some stones in it, The stones are believed to be the remains of a Hut Circle (Possibly 3 of them), There are 2 more huts (both within their own smaller rectilinear enclosures) to the North of the Crow Hill Enclosure and both these Huts and the Crow Hill Enclosure are surrounded by thin iron age celtic fields
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