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Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 18 February 2005  Page Views: 11512

Multi-periodSite Name: Albury Bottom Enclosure Alternative Name: Albury Bottom
Country: England County: Surrey Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Woking  Nearest Village: Chobham
Map Ref: SU97426430
Latitude: 51.369414N  Longitude: 0.601905W
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.
 4 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.
 4 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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CBoon visited on 1st May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Easily accessible off the footpath on Chobham Common with a clearly visible ditch and embankment- likely to turn boggy and waterlogged in wet weather!

SolarMegalith visited on 4th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Well preserved bank and ditch in western part of the enclosure (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Surrey. It is a roughly oval enclosure about 100m in diameter.

The enclosure is located on a heath area, it has a bank of 1-1,5 m height and a ditch, particularly well visible in northern part of the earthworks. There is an entrance at the east, but it might be a secondary gap.

The age of the enclusore is unknown, it might be an Iron Age or a medieval site. It's location suggests a non-defensive purpose (perhaps a coppice enclosure ?)

Great description of the site is at Chobham.info
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Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Dedication to hunting of prehistoric sites - Andy B in a ditch of Albury Bottom enclosure (photo taken on November 2011). (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Well-preserved bank in eastern part of the enclosure - view from the NE (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by Andy B : Bank of the Albury Bottom Enclosure on a very waterlogged day after a whole night of torrential rain. Looking across Chobham common towards the Longcross barrows in the far distance, where the pylons are leading to. The whole place turned into a giant bog which makes me doubt whether anyone would want to live there, this site has to be a cattle enclosure of some date or other. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by Andy B : SolarMegalith explores the Albury Bottom Enclosure on a very waterlogged day after a whole night of torrential rain. The whole place turned into a giant bog which makes me doubt whether anyone would want to live there, this site has to be a cattle enclosure of some date or other. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Well preserved bank and ditch in eastern part of the enclosure - view from the SE (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Gap in eastern part of the bank - possibly an entrance, but it might well be secondary (photo taken on November 2011).

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Earthworks in western part of the enclosure (November 2011).

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Course of the bank in SE part ofthe enclosure (photo taken on November 2011).

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : NE corner of the embankment - view from the east (photo taken on November 2011).

Albury Bottom Enclosure
Albury Bottom Enclosure submitted by SolarMegalith : Course of the ebmankment in eastern part of the enclosure (photo taken on November 2011).

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Re: Bee Garden Earthwork by Andy B on Friday, 18 February 2005
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There's a nice map of Chobham common here http://www.chobham.info/common.htm and more on this earthwork: http://www.chobham.info/albury_bottom.htm
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