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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nesscliffe - Hillfort in England in Shropshire

Submitted by VirtHist on Friday, 15 October 2004  Page Views: 10762

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Nesscliffe
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SJ383193
Latitude: 52.767755N  Longitude: 2.915905W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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
 5

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Nesscliffe
Nesscliffe submitted by VirtHist : Nesscliffe hillfort. Photo taken from a layby on the Nesscliffe A5 bypass heading southeast. The photo looks northeast. This fort sits on top of a sandstone escarpment overlooking the Shropshire Plain. It is a D shaped fort with double-ditched inner and outer ramparts. It's thought to be of mid-Iron Age construcrion but is known to have been in use in the 2nd and 4th Centuries AD. The ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Shropshire

This fort sits on top of a sandstone escarpment overlooking the Shropshire Plain. It is a D shaped fort with double-ditched inner and outer ramparts.
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Nesscliffe submitted by VirtHist : The stunning view from the summit of the fort looking west, out over the Shropshire Plain to Oswestry and Wales. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nesscliffe submitted by VirtHist : The only piece of exposed rampart I could find. This is part of the outer works. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nesscliffe 2 submitted by CottonCasual : Professor Gary Lock's excavation of Nesscliffe Hillfort, Shropshire. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nesscliffe submitted by CottonCasual : Professor Gary Lock's excavation of Nesscliffe Hillfort, Shropshire. Photo courtesy of Dave Thomas, SOTMAS. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : The outer enclosure ramparts are high and steep, with an interior filled with dense woodland.

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : Enjoying the ditches and banks of the outer enclosure's large ramparts.

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : Walking the ramparts of the inner enclosure. Soon the trees will grow and make this difficult.

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : The fort's inner enclosure ramparts are walkable but unfortunately also easily accessible to mountain bikes. Tyre tracks at this point turn right to "enjoy" the steep drop down and up and over the next rampart. There are signs at all the entrances saying "no mountain bikes on this scheduled monument", but no kissing gates to deter them.

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : The inner enclosure is filling up with young trees, but you can just see the top of the walkable encircling bank across the centre of the photo.

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Nesscliffe submitted by w650marion : Just inside the fort inner enclosure, looking back at the entrance and banks, which are clear now.

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Nesscliffe submitted by postman : Kynastons cave.

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Nesscliffe submitted by postman : Kynastons cave in the cliffs that form part of the forts defenses.

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Nesscliffe submitted by postman : The entrance (1 comment)

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Nesscliffe submitted by postman : The undergrowth gets cleared away sometimes

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Nesscliffe submitted by VirtHist : Looking past the info board to the v of the inner double-ditched ramparts. It's a shame I didn't take this picture a couple of years ago when the council had just cleared the ramparts. Now the silver birch are getting their own back.

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Nesscliffe submitted by VirtHist : This is the info board at Nesscliffe diplaying the layout of the fort. It's placed at the entrance to the inner enclosure. (1 comment)

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