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Stone Circles, a Modern Builder's Guide to the Megalithic Revival

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chilworth Ring - Hillfort in England in Hampshire

Submitted by JimChampion on Saturday, 30 April 2005  Page Views: 16591

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chilworth Ring
Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Southampton
Map Ref: SU413170
Latitude: 50.950960N  Longitude: 1.413433W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
5 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
3

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SolarMegalith visited on 18th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Northern part is the most obvious and accessible one.

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Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by JimChampion : Chilworth Ring was turned into a circle of expensive detached houses in the mid-twentieth century CE. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of a small hillfort in Hampshire

"Small univallate hillfort consisting of bank and outer ditch with two possible entrances. The bank now forms boundary of private dwelling plots and is considerably mutilated". [source]

In other words... you can now drive to the centre of Chilworth Ring in your car because sometime in the 20th century someone thought it was necessary to build large houses over the top of this ancient monument.

Across the Chilworth valley to the west is the Iron Age earthwork known as Castle Hill within Lord's Wood. Hampshire treasures suggests that the ditch and bank are more likely to be that of a cattle enclosure than a hillfort.

Access For the Chilworth Ring simply drive to the road called Chilworth Ring. The Castle Hill earthwork is at the top of the neighbouring hill, just west of a footpath that runs north-south along the eastern edge of Lord's Wood.
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Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : Chilworth Ring - view from the south. It is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern part of the rampart, the best preserved and most accessable one - viewfrom the NW (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : NW part of the rampart. This small univallate hillfort has been excavated in 1928, but the reports are missing (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : View into the ditch in southern part of Chilworth Ring (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : Ramparts in northern part of Chilworth Ring (photo takane on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : View alongside the rampart in southern part of Chilworth Ring, photo taken thanks to courtesy of the landlady (photo taken on November 2011).

Chilworth Ring
Chilworth Ring submitted by SolarMegalith : Southern part of the rampart located behind the houses (photo taken on November 2011).

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