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Oldox Camp (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
  
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Posted by stubob30th April 2003ce |
Gunthorpe Bridge (Henge) — Images |
 
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Posted by stubob 30th April 2003ce |
Oldox Camp (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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Access to the fort is easy enough. Just off the A6097 is a minor road, the footpath that leads up to the fort is well signposted from here, and there's room to get a car off the road. The fort encloses roughly a hectare. Entrances can be seen in the NorthWest and East. The forts defences are still in good nick, a triple bank and ditch to the East altho' this side is covered in trees, the size of the the defences is impressive, on the West a bank ditch and counterscarp. The site sits behind two large mounds, the one nearest the entrance, is called Robin Hoods Pot and at over 6m high is thought to be a barrow.( See Rhiannons post Robin Hood's Pot ) A top place. |
Posted by stubob 30th April 2003ce |
Bingham (Henge) — Fieldnotes |
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Bingham henge is sadly no longer with us......... Well no actually it is. It's just been wrapped in a 1m layer of clay (for it's own protection) and carefully placed under an industrial estates car park. The really sad bit is...... I'm visiting industrial estate car parks.......... |
Posted by stubob 30th April 2003ce |
Gunthorpe Bridge (Henge) — Fieldnotes |
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The henge is tucked away behind the petrol station in Gunthorpe Bridge, on private land, so a bit of gate hopping is in order. The site is now badly silted up and eroded. A central platform can still be made out as can an entrance in the south-east. The north and western sections are silted up and a drain cuts thrugh the western part, using the henges ditch at one point. A nice enough place, and worth a look if you're in the area. |
Posted by stubob 29th April 2003ce |
Camp Hill (Kirklington) (Hillfort) — Images |
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Posted by stubob 17th March 2003ce |
Camp Hill (Kirklington) (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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I stumbled on this site on the 'Archi' disc...... I risked it and droved down a private road, and that's when the problems started. Just as I started out walking, some geezer spotted me....and said there was no chance I was gonna be walking round the fields. Big bloke too, so I didn't. Looking closer at the map when I got back I realised I'd taken the wrong road anyhow......... The 'Archi' disc reckons there's an Iron Age hillfort with a number of defensive banks there. |
Posted by stubob 17th March 2003ce Edited 10th April 2003ce |
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