<< Our Photo Pages >> The Ringses Fort - Hillfort in England in Northumberland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Ringses FortCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wooler Nearest Village: Doddington
Map Ref: NU01353281 Landranger Map Number: 75
Latitude: 55.588926N Longitude: 1.980141W
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 |
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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 |
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This multivallate Iron Age hillfort is located on the edge of an escarpment. From this location there are views in almost all directions, especially to the NW. Inside the ramparts there are remains of a secondary Romano-British occuppation.
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