<< Our Photo Pages >> Perborough Castle - Hillfort in England in Berkshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Perborough CastleCountry: England County: Berkshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Newbury Nearest Village: Hampstead Norreys
Map Ref: SU520779 Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.497656N Longitude: 1.252306W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 24th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
From SolarMegalith: Perborough Castle is a poorly preserved Iron Age hillfort located NW from village of Hampstead Norreys. Only NW sector of the earthworks is well-preserved and exposed, in other parts of the hillfort the ditch is filled and the rampart heavily mutilated.
There is no footpath or public access. The farmer asks that people don't try to access the site as they have a herd of Aberdeen Angus cows in the field who can be extremely feisty, so please respect this.
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