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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Segsbury Camp Alternative Name: Letcombe CastleCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wantage Nearest Village: Letcombe Regis
Map Ref: SU385845 Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.558075N Longitude: 1.446049W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 29th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
h_fenton Andy B have visited here
The grave was floored with stone slabs and the sides were walled with flint. Finds included a shield boss and fragments of an urn or drinking cup. Among other finds were human bones and flint scrapers. It has been suggested that this was a secondary Anglo-Saxon burial, placed at the camp. Further excavation was carried out in 1996 and 1997. The report on this work describes the periodic occupation of the hill fort between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC and suggests that it was a communal centre for various activities, including sheep management and exchange.
Source: Wikipedia, see also this page from Oxford University
Note: Two huge hillforts on the borders of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire. Segsbury camp is unusual in having 'drive to' disabled access while Membury is a real challenge for the adventurous megarak, as much of an assault course as a hill fort!
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