<< Text Pages >> South Dowdeswell - Hillfort in England in Gloucestershire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: South DowdeswellCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Upper Dowdeswell
Map Ref: SP0040018600
Latitude: 51.865979N Longitude: 1.995596W
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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South Dowdeswell hillfort was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940-1950's. From the late 1950's the area began to be quarried for stone, aerial photographs taken in 1970 showed that the hillfort had been almost completely destroyed.
Two slight banks with ditches remain in the plantation at the east of the site between around Grid References SP 00596 18579 and SP 00530 18518.
There is no public access to the plantation and the trees/undergrowth are quite thick in places. Kilkenny Viewpoint and Picnic Area covers most of the former quarries and where the hillfort used to be. The quarries have been recolonised by a herb rich grassland and supports many rare plants, butterflies and other insects.
The lower part of the quarry is sometimes used by off road motorcycles, not sure whether this is done legally but probably best not to venture into the area of the motorcycle tracks if there are any motorcycles around.
further information can be found on Pastscape: www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=327538
English Heritage's Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme Report contains a map on Page 41 (page 51 of the PDF document) showing where the earthworks were: An Archaeological Aerial Survey in the Cotswold Hills - A Report for the National Mapping Programme ( 6MB PDF document )
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