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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bigbury CampCountry: England County: Kent Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Canterbury Nearest Village: Harbledown
Map Ref: TR116576 Landranger Map Number: 179
Latitude: 51.278232N Longitude: 1.032565E
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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calumma visited on 1st Mar 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Kent Wildlife Trust has launched a major appeal to its members and supporters to raise vital additional funding to help it restore Bigbury Hill Fort - an area of ancient woodland and a former Iron Age settlement and Roman encampment near Chartham Hatch, Canterbury.
Note: Discover Bigbury Iron Age Hillfort, Sat 24 July
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