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<< Our Photo Pages >> Portfield - Hillfort in England in Lancashire

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 09 March 2004  Page Views: 12006

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Portfield Alternative Name: Portfield Camp, Planeswood Camp
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Whalley  Nearest Village: Read
Map Ref: SD7458135499  Landranger Map Number: 103
Latitude: 53.815146N  Longitude: 2.387546W
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:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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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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Portfield submitted by LivingRocks : Portfield Hillfort, Part of the surviving defences on the north west side of the camp (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Lancashire

This hillfort is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1013608 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 44511. Pastscape describe this as an Iron Age promontory fort, circa 3.5 acres, with man made defences on its northern and eastern sides, the remainder being defended by natural slopes. Their record adds the enclosure appears so flat as to suggest it has been artificially levelled; the defenses have "been considerably mutilated in modern times but survive best at the NW corner adjacent to the steep declavity to the W; they consist of an inner bank up to 1.5m high outside which is a berm 6m wide. Beyond this berm is a ditch up to 6m wide, then a second earthen bank 4m wide, then another ditch with a third earthen bank beyond".

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Portfield Hillfort, Whalley, Lancashire, which includes directions for finding this site, together with photographs, details of finds by workmen laying new pipes near the centre of the fort in 1966, and sources of further information.

Note: The hillfort is best viewed from the nearby road to the north-west.
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Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : Portfield Iron-Age hillfort defenses at SE side, close to a country lane. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Portfield
Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : Plan of the Portfield hillfort near Whalley in Lancashire. It dates from the Iron-Age and lies on a south-facing promontory with defenses at the NW. The site was excavated in the 1960s and revealed two different phases of construction and ramparts. In 1966 a hoard from the 7th century BC was discovered here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : Portfield Iron-Age hillfort viewed from the flat plateau towards the NW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : The low, eroded, rampart of Portfield Iron Age hillfort, at the south-eastern side. The buildings further along have taken some of the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : View of the low rampart, some of which is now eroded, at the south-eastern side of the hillfort. Notice the house close-up to the rampart. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Portfield
Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : Another view of the low rampart/defense at the south-eastern side of Portfield hillfort. Portfield Lane runs along this side of the site.

Portfield
Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : The low rampart at the SE of portfield Iron-Age hillfort near Whalley. [Permission will be required for access to the site].

Portfield
Portfield submitted by Sunny100 : View of Portfield hillfort near Whalley, dating from the Iron-Age. The top is almost completely flat.

Portfield
Portfield submitted by LivingRocks : The very flat inner area of the hillfort, it is suggested that this area has been artificially levelled.

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Re: Portfield by Sunny100 on Saturday, 26 August 2017
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According to the late John Dixon (1993) Portfield Farm "stands on the site of the old hall, home of the Braddyll family whose original seat was the House of Braddyll with Brockhall on the banks of the Ribble. When the hall was demolished the stones were used to build the Whalley Arms Inn. An old window from the hall can be seen in the gable of the Inn, and with a date 1781 and the initials R.C." [From 'Journeys Through Brigantia' Volume Nine: 'The Ribble Valley'. by John & Phillip Dixon, Aussteiger Publications, Barnoldswick].
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Re: Portfield by Anonymous on Saturday, 26 August 2017
Is there a Portfield hall somewhere near the camp because i am interested in the Bradyll family who are supposed to have lived there in the 17th century, not sure of the date but am keen to research more, they are related to the Southworths and Fitzherbert Brockholeses amongst others. Am hoping they took the Parliament side in the Civil Wars!.
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Re: Portfield by Anonymous on Sunday, 03 April 2011
we are the owners of this area of land. many people are aware of this site and only metal detectors have been refused access. on th 19th August we were on the premises and had someone cared to ask at the correct address,no doubt permission would have been given.
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