<< Our Photo Pages >> Beacon Hill (Burghclere) - Hillfort in England in Hampshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Beacon Hill (Burghclere)Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Newbury Nearest Village: Burghclere
Map Ref: SU45785727 Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.312708N Longitude: 1.344557W
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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Harmudge visited on 1st Jan 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 2
custer visited on 25th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Some hill steps halfway up fantastic views from the top
h_fenton JimChampion TheCaptain myf have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3
We found what we thought were the remains of a barrow very close to the highest point of the hillfort (where there is now an ordnance survey triangulation point), and also we thought we could see the remains of pits and of a possible round house (or round barrow?) recorded by bumps and dents in the soil.
There is a railed modern grave in the fort, belonging to Lord Carnarvon (of Tutankhamun note). The noise from the A34 is horrendous but fortunately on the far side of the hillfort cannot be heard. Unfortunately the picnic area is very close to the A34!
Access There is a small car park by the picnic area, which is signposted from the A34.
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