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Images

Image of Barrow Hill (Hillfort) by juamei

Image Credit: Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.

Image credit: Open Source Environment Agency LIDAR

juamei Mar 25, 2018

Image of Barrow Hill (Hillfort) by formicaant

The eastern rampart, with a notch in it.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/09/09

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

A length of the eastern rampart.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/09/09

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

The western rampart / hillside, with garage to show some scale.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/09/09

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

The south west corner where the bank dips down.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/09/09

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

The north west corner.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 21/09/09

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

Articles

Barrow Hill

Hillfort

formicaant Sep 21, 2009

This is a promontory hillfort in the village of Milborne Wick in south Somerset. It sits on the south western end of Barrow Hill. The village surrounds the fort on three sides. In places the rampart stands up to 6 metres in height. It encloses an area of just over 19 acres.
Magic states that the main ramparts cross the hill at its northern neck and run down the eastern side. The western side and southern end are mostly natural hillslope, with some additional height added artificially. While no excavation has provided dating evidence, the form, shape and placing of this site are consisitent with an Iron Age date.
This not the most accesible hillfort around as it is bounded by housing and private farm land, there does not appear to be a footpath on or near it. Also it is not easy to photograph through various trees and bushes, I must see if there is a nearby hill from which it can be viewed with a long lens.