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Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 5211

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Castle
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Yeovil  Nearest Village: Cattistock
Map Ref: ST594001  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.799029N  Longitude: 2.577465W
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.
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
3

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The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : Gateway from outside. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : The flagstones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : East wall looking south (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : View from inside The Castles gateway. 1903 image of archaeological investigation. Site in County Durham England (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : North East interior corner of The Castles. The interior of this monument was quite difficult to walk around, due to the numbers of tumbled stones from the walls. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : The eastern entrance from just south of the exterior wall. The ditch can be clearly seen between the stone wall and the bank to the centre of the photograph. To the right of the bank there is a small stream running past the site, forming a second ditch.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : This is a photograph of the 'guard room' (small room), contained within the width of the wall at the entrance to the east of the site. Wessex Archaeology notes believe this room to have been rebuilt sometime in the early 20th century, but it's still intriguing.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : South east internal corner of The Castles - all the external corners seem to be 'squared' whereas the internal corners seem to be rounded. Here, the slope of the site down hill can be clearly seen; I wondered if this corner was used as a 'drain' for surface water.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : South east external corner of The Castles - all the external corners seem to be 'squared' whereas the internal corners seem to be rounded.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : Standing on the south west corner of The Castles, looking northwards. The walls at the base are recorded as being an average of 4.5 metres wide, with the eastern wall being thicker at up to 7 metres wide.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by Anne T : This was our first view of the area in which The Castles in situated - in the wooded area just behind the modern dry stone wall. Getting closer, it's possible to see piles of tumbled stones which form the walls of The Castles.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : The south of the ruins from the inside.

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : Plan of The Castles. 1903 image from archaeological investigation. Site in County Durham England

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : View from outside The Castles. 1903 image of archaeological investigation. Site in County Durham England

The Castles
The Castles submitted by durhamnature : View from inside The Castles. 1903 image of archaeological investigation. Site in County Durham England

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Re: The Castle by beastie on Thursday, 28 December 2017
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The above photos are for a completely different hillfort (with a similar name). I have some photos of the Dorset site but the file size are too large to post.
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