<< Our Photo Pages >> Backbury - Hillfort in England in Herefordshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: BackburyCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.216 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hereford Nearest Village: Prior's Frome
Map Ref: SO587389
Latitude: 52.046944N Longitude: 2.603625W
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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Oddly there is a 'chasm' in the protruding rock at the centre of the enclosure. It must be at least 8 foot deep you certainly would not wnat to slip over the edge of it. There are areas of cliff inside the enclosure too.
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