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Submitted by ermine on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 Page Views: 10641

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Norton Fitzwarren Alternative Name: Norton Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.798 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Norton Fitzwarren
Map Ref: ST196263 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.030419N Longitude: 3.147903W
Condition:

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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
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-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
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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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**Norton Fitzwarren** submitted by ermine : View from the centre, which is now accessible to the public since the purchase of the land. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Norton Hillfort in Somerset is about 55 metres above sea level and the defensive bank and ditch were built around 1000 BCE. The centre is now accessible to the public since the purchase of the land. It has become a nature reserve rather than a farmer's field and is all the better for it. Paths cross it and you can walk round.

Finds from the site are on display in Taunton Museum.

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Page originally by Vicky.

Note: South-West Heritage Trust have transformed the centre of this important hillfort into a nature reserve rather than a ploughed field - view a 360 degree panorama by Ermine here.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

ST1926 : Norton Fitzwarren: Bronze Age enclosure, Iron Age hill fort by Martin Bodman — by Martin Bodman
©2005(licence)

ST1926 : Footpaths on Norton Hillfort by Derek Harper — by Derek Harper
©2009(licence)

ST1926 : Norton Fitzwarren by Nick Chipchase — by Nick Chipchase
©2011(licence)

ST1926 : Churchyard, Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren by Derek Harper — by Derek Harper
©2008(licence)

ST1925 : Norton Fitzwarren Graveyard by Nick Chipchase — by Nick Chipchase
©2011(licence)

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