Eastern flank, looking north... or thereabouts.
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Poor Asheldham had no defence against modern man.
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Southern flank, looking east.
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The southern flank, looking approx north-west (ish).
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The eastern rampart lies behind bars.... overlooking a flooded gravel extraction pit.
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From the (very) approx south-west.
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The somewhat.. er .... irregular interior of the enclosure from the north-east (ish).
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The western flank, looking north.
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The trashed southern bank, looking east...
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The enclosure from the south.........
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OK, not the most upstanding fort you’ll ever see, having been much impacted over the years by gravel workings... however, well worth stopping off for a visit, seeing as this is a fine corner of Essex.
In summary, Historic England reckons:
“A slight univallate hillfort which lies roughly in the centre of the Dengie peninsular, on a plateau rather than a hilltop. The defences include a bank and external ditch, which as visible on the east & south of the enclosure as earthworks. Bronze Age and Iron Age. There is conjectural evidence (through finds) for reoccupation in the Roman period and in the early Anglo-Saxon period.”
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Mill Mound, Tolleshunt Major
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Mill Mound, Salcott-cum-Virley
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Mersea Mount
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Prittlewell Camp
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Danish Camp, Shoeburyness
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Coneyfield Barrow
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Danbury
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