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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hammer Wood FortCountry: 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:
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 25th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Andy B have visited here
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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