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<< Our Photo Pages >> Barnmoor Wood Camp - Hillfort in England in Warwickshire

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 12 December 2021  Page Views: 6076

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Barnmoor Wood Camp
Country: England County: Warwickshire Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Wootton Wawen
Map Ref: SP17666464
Latitude: 52.279625N  Longitude: 1.742568W
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.
3 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.
3 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
5

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Barnmoor Wood Camp
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 : Overview of rampart and ditch - still distinguishable. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of an Iron Age hillfort in Warwickshire with a strongly fortified entrance located at the west. It is located on the southern edge of a slight plateau. The defensive earthworks of the site enclose a raised central area of approximately 1ha. The defences include a ditch, an internal bank and traces of a counterscarp bank along the southern edge of the site. It is thought that the slope of the hillside made a counterscarp on the northern and eastern sides of the hillfort unnecessary.

The 8m wide ditch is approximately 3m deep and the internal bank is up to 12m wide at its base and 1m high. The outer edge of the ditch has been partly damaged at the south-eastern corner of the site, probably by quarrying. Access into the interior of the hillfort is currently by means of causeways across the central part of the western defences and at the north-eastern corner of the site. The latter is a 5m wide inturned, or funnel, entrance and may represent the original entrance to the site.

The interior is almost oval in plan and measures approximately 125m west-east and 100m north-south. No internal earthworks are visible, although the remains of internal structures will survive beneath the ground surface. All fence posts are excluded from the scheduling, but the ground beneath these features is included.

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Barnmoor Wood Camp
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 : Primrose - ancient woodland indicator. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnmoor Wood Camp
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 : Hillfort rampart with clear old coppicing. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnmoor Wood Camp
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 : Curvature of the Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnmoor Wood Camp
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 : Gateway of hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP1764 : Barnmoor Wood by David Stowell
by David Stowell
©2005(licence)
SP1764 : Barnmoor Wood from Cherry Pool Farm by Robin Stott
by Robin Stott
©2012(licence)
SP1764 : South side of Barnmore Wood by David P Howard
by David P Howard
©2012(licence)
SP1764 : The southwest side of Barnmoor Wood by Robin Stott
by Robin Stott
©2012(licence)
SP1764 : Trees near Barnmoor Wood by David P Howard
by David P Howard
©2012(licence)

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