<< Text Pages >> Exbury - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Hampshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: ExburyCountry: England County: Hampshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Village: Exbury
Map Ref: SZ419987
Latitude: 50.786364N Longitude: 1.406983W
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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Promontory Fort in Hampshire
Iron Age promontory fort enclosing just under 10 acres in the New Forest. It is defended on the west by the River Beaulieu and on east by a bank and outer ditch. [source]
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