Burfa Bank

Also known as:
Burfa Camp and Burfa Hillfort
Nearest town:
Kington (4km SE)
OS reference:
SO284610
OS sheets:
137, 148
Latitude:
52° 14' 31.54 N
Longitude:
3° 2' 55.48 W
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Images

Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by postman

Burfa camp seen while wandering round in circles looking for Knobley stone.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Apr 5, 2019
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

A very powerful enclosure, this.... as far as I could tell multivallate except to the south, where the slope took care of matters anyway.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Sep 27, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The wooded bulk of Burfa Bank from Lower Harpton Farm to the south.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 19, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Looking west from the southern rampart. The sunlit valley below is that of the Hindwell Brook, an area rich in round barrows and standing stones, including the Four Stones four-poster.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 18, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The inside of the southern rampart, at the partially cleared east end of the fort.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 18, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The view from the northern rampart, showing the steep fall of the ground away through the trees.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 18, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The northern rampart from the inside, showing the counterscarp.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 18, 2012
Image of Burfa Bank (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The final approach to the northern entrance leads up the “ramp” on the right of the picture. The inner northern ditch stretches away, straight ahead.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 18, 2012

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Burfa Bank
Hillfort
Kammer
Kammer Nov 30, 2004

The NMR record (available through Coflein) describes the fort:

A substantial and irregular hilltop enclosure, 579m by up to 187m, defined by a bank and ditch above steep slopes, except to the W, where there are three-four banks and ditches, incorporating a torturous entrance approach.
RB material of the l.1st-2nd C. has been found here.

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