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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ring Hill (Essex)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.507 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Saffron Walden Nearest Village: Littlebury
Map Ref: TL515382 Landranger Map Number: 154
Latitude: 52.021538N Longitude: 0.206544E
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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Hillfort in Essex
Ring Hill. Littlebury is completly covered by trees and quite inaccessible. It is an oval hillfort between the B1383 and the railway to the west of Audley End. It overlooks the River Cam. Bank, ditch and rampart all damaged and overgrown.
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