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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Clifton Down CampCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bristol Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: ST56587329 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.456913N Longitude: 2.626319W
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.33 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.33
Just across the other side of the Avon Gorge are two further iron age forts, at Stokeleigh and Burwalls, both now completely wooded over.
It is not really known whether these forts were complimentary to each other guarding a river crossing in the gorge below, or whether they were rivals, with the river Avon forming a natural tribal boundary.
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