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<< Text Pages >> Burton Lodge Fort - Hillfort in England in Nottinghamshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Friday, 04 February 2011  Page Views: 7275

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burton Lodge Fort
Country: England County: Nottinghamshire Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Burton Joyce
Map Ref: SK63364461
Latitude: 52.995079N  Longitude: 1.057456W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
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
5

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Hillfort in Nottinghamshire

Iron Age hill fort reached by a footpath, supposedly a homestead moat. Its ditch measures 15ft wide and 9ft deep. Finds include coarse-gritted pottery sherds, Samian Ware and Medieval pottery.

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SK6344 : Lodge Farm, Burton Joyce by Alan Murray-Rust
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