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<< Our Photo Pages >> Maes Knoll - Hillfort in England in Somerset
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Submitted by The Captain on Thursday, 03 June 2004 Page Views: 17723
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England
Site Name: Maes Knoll Alternative Name: Maes Tump
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bristol Nearest Village: Norton Malreward
Map Ref: ST600660 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.391620N Longitude: 2.576274W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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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. |
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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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The remains of this Iron age hillfort lie at the eastern end of the Dundry Hill ridge just to the south of Bristol.
The hillfort consists of a fairly large flat open area, roughly triangular in shape, that has been fortified by ramparts and shaping of the steep sided hilltop around the northern, eastern and southwestern sides of the hill.
The western end of the fort is made across a narrow neck of the ridge of high land, and consists of a massive ditch and bank, known as "The Tump", which must be 15 metres high from the ditch to the top.
To the east from this fort can be made out sections of the western end of Wansdyke, which is usually thought to start, or terminate here at this fort. As is often the case, the views from this fort are tremendous, with a splendid view over the lands it would have once commanded. From here, there are clear views north to Bristol, east to Bath and the Cotswold Hills, and south over Stanton Drew stone circles to Chew Lake and the Mendips. I was surprised just how clearly the stones at Stanton Drew could be seen.
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 Maes Knoll submitted by 4clydesdale7
The bank guarding the SW entrance.
 Maes Knoll submitted by 4clydesdale7
The NE scarp looking SE.
 Maes Knoll submitted by 4clydesdale7
The western end of the Wansdyke.
 Maes Knoll submitted by 4clydesdale7
SW across the Camp towards the Tump.
 Maes Knoll submitted by 4clydesdale7
The Tump from the south.
 Maes Knoll submitted by TheWhiteRider
Stanton Drew, the second furthest collection of buildings, seen from Maes Knoll Hill Fort
 Maes Knoll submitted by TheWhiteRider
Maes Knoll Hill Fort
 Maes Knoll submitted by thecaptain
Maes Knoll Hillfort, Norton Malreward, North Somerset, ST600660.
The western end of the fort is made across a narrow neck of the ridge of high land, and consists of a massive ditch and bank, known as “The Tump”, which must be 15 metres high from the ditch to the top.
It is generally considered that this is the western end of Wansdyke.
 Maes Knoll submitted by TheCaptain
Maes Knoll Hillfort, Norton Malreward, North Somerset, ST600660.
The remains of this Iron age hillfort lie at the eastern end of the Dundry Hill ridge just to the south of Bristol.
It is not far to the north of the Stanton Drew stone circles from where this picture was taken.
The Tump can be clearly seen at the left, whilst Wansdyke starts its journey eastwards down from the fort undern
 Maes Knoll submitted by TheCaptain
Maes Knoll Hillfort, Norton Malreward, North Somerset, ST600660.
The western end of the fort is made across a narrow neck of the ridge of high land, and consists of a massive ditch and bank, known as “The Tump”, which must be 15 metres high from the ditch to the top.
This is looking north from the ditch below the Tump
 Maes Knoll submitted by TheCaptain
Maes Knoll Hillfort, Norton Malreward, North Somerset, ST600660.
The remains of this Iron age hillfort lie at the eastern end of the Dundry Hill ridge just to the south of Bristol. The hillfort consists of a fairly large flat open area, roughly triangular in shape, that has been fortified by ramparts and shaping of the steep sided hilltop around the northern, eastern and southwestern sides of
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4clydesdale7: As good a panorama as Solsbury Hill - Dundry Ridge; The Clifton Suspension Bridge; The Severn Bridge; the City of Bristol; the Westbury White Horse; Stanton Drew Great Circle; Chew Valley Lake
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Re: Maes Knoll (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 21 February 2009 | Just walked up through the fields to the tump today for the first time since I was 12 (32 years ago).
Fantastic views of Bristol and Chew Valley. Nothing there to show visitors the history all though I don't think tourists are welcome | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Maes Knoll (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 15 August 2007 | | When I was a boy in the late 1940's, there was a small wooden structure on the top of Maes Knoll Tump. I lived in Knowle West, Bristol, and during summer holidays often walked all the way to Maes Knoll. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Maes Knoll (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 08 May 2006 | Condition:good
Ambience:ok
Access:not welcome
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Re: Maes Knoll (Score: 1)
by 4clydesdale7 on Sunday, 06 May 2012
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Thankfully over the past 6 years attitudes seem to have mellowed - absolutely no problems gaining access from the South - great views - spotted two deer - as I stated in my visit report this is as good as Solsbury Hill (overlooking Bath) and well worth a visit - good stiff climb to get onto the Camp but worth the effort |
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