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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Maesbury Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.604 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Oakhill
Map Ref: ST610472 Landranger Map Number: 183
Latitude: 51.222653N Longitude: 2.559841W
Condition:

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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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no data Access:

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
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3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
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**Maesbury Castle** submitted by caradoc68 : Maesbury Castle, Somerset. The view on a clear day is fantastic and offers almost a 360' degee panorama veiw of the Somerset Levels and the Mendips. This small univallate ring hillfort stands at 291 meters above sea level on the edge of the Mendips "ST 610 472" (Vote or comment on this photo)

This small univallate ring hillfort stands at 291 metres above sea level on the edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset

The view on a clear day is fantastic and offers almost a 360° degee panorama view of the Somerset Levels and the Mendips.
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ST6047 : Maesbury Castle by Sharon Loxton — by Sharon Loxton
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ST6147 : Maesbury Hill Fort by Rick Crowley — by Rick Crowley
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ST6147 : Maesbury marsh by Neil Owen — by Neil Owen
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ST6147 : Unoriginal entrance to Maesbury Castle by Neil Owen — by Neil Owen
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ST6047 : In between the walls by Neil Owen — by Neil Owen
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