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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hammer Wood Fort - Hillfort in England in West Sussex

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008  Page Views: 7265

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hammer Wood Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.102 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Sussex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Midhurst
Map Ref: SU847240
Latitude: 51.009157N  Longitude: 0.794078W
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
2 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
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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
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Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Impressive rampart in NW part of the hillfort (photo taken on March 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in West Sussex. The Hammer Wood fort lies on a natural south-facing scarp above the Hammer Stream about ¾mile north of its confluence with the Rother (at NGR SU:846240), and measures some 400 x 220 metres, which at almost 22 acres would have been big enough to house nearly half a legion, a fact that would surely have warranted a mention in at least one of the classical geographies. This apparent discrepancy is explained in Barry Cunliffe's Iron-Age Communities in Britain, which states that the Hammer Wood camp is a 'contour fort', attributed to the Iron-Age Wealden culture.

The identification of this Iron-Age fort with the Iping Roman station is confused by the fort's rectangular plan, which although resembling the regular Roman pattern, merely follows the local topography of the scarp above the river Rother. It must be conceded that the site may have be used in late-Roman times, but probably only as a refuge against Saxon attacks on the south coast.

Source: Roman Britain.org

From SolarMegalith: The Iron Age multivallate hillfort is currently covered with a forest, except exposed NW sector of the earthwork with well-preserved ramparts and ditches. The earthwork in southern and eastern part of the site is less distinguishable.
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Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by Andy B : View from the path to the east showing the hill the fort is on, there are ramparts along the slope (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by Andy B : Composite of the banks to the north. Four images merged with Microsoft ICE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by Andy B : The hill drops sharply away to the south forming a natural barrier (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by Andy B : The three banks to the north are deeply coppiced to the east (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Hammer Wood Fort - view alongside the rampart (photo taken on March 2011).

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Clearly visible two lines of earthwork in NW part of the multivallate hillfort (photo taken on March 2011).

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and ditch in cleared part of the hillfort - view fro mthe NE (photo taken on March 2011).

Hammer Wood Fort
Hammer Wood Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and ditch in northern part of the Iron Age multivallate hillfort (photo taken on March 2011).

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