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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lower Coxwell Camp - Hillfort in England in Oxfordshire

Submitted by ginger-tt on Thursday, 05 November 2009  Page Views: 5672

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lower Coxwell Camp Alternative Name: Little Coxwell Camp,
Country: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Fernham
Map Ref: SU289928
Latitude: 51.633273N  Longitude: 1.583839W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by ginger-tt : hollow way and entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of an Iron Age hill fort of about 12 acres on Furze Hill, in the parishes of Little Coxwell and Fernham.

Consists of a bank encircling about three quarters of the hill from W to NW, with definite entrances at the S end and the NW corner.
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Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern part of the earthworks of this univallate Iron Age hillfort - view from the west (photo taken on October 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : NW corner of the earthworks - view from the west (photo taken on October 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Ditch and western rampart of the Iron Age hillfort near Little Coxwell - view from the south (photo taken on October 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and a ditch in western part of the hillfort - view from the north (photo taken on October 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern rampart and place where it vanishes - view fro mthe west (photo taken on October 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : View alongside the northern ditch and rampart (photo taken on October 2011).

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern part of the earthworks of this Iron Age univallate hillfort (photo taken on October 2011).

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Western rampart and interior of the hillfort - view from the north (photo taken on October 2011).

Lower Coxwell Camp
Lower Coxwell Camp submitted by ginger-tt : The entrance to the north of the site

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