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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Madmarston Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.856 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SP38653890
Latitude: 52.047152N Longitude: 1.437838W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 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
0	No data.

3 Accuracy:

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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**Madmarston Hill** submitted by h_fenton : Madmarston Hill, photographed from the southwest. extra snow lies in the almost ploughed out ditches of the hillfort. Kite Aerial Photograph 27 March 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Oxfordshire

Remains of an Iron Age hillfort, heavily destroyed by ploughing. It has been excavated in 1957-58, which revealed that it was occupied between 2nd century BC and 1st century AD.

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SP3838 : Madmarston Hill by Robin Webster — by Robin Webster
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SP3838 : Madmarston Hill and Jester's Hill, from the Roman road by Dave Favis-Mortlock — by Dave Favis-Mortlock
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SP3838 : Madmarston Hill from the Roman road by Dave Favis-Mortlock — by Dave Favis-Mortlock
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SP3838 : Madmarston Hill and hill fort by Philip Halling — by Philip Halling
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SP3838 : Course of a Roman Road by Philip Halling — by Philip Halling
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