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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Desborough CastleCountry: England County: Buckinghamshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: High Wycombe Nearest Village: Sands
Map Ref: SU847933 Landranger Map Number: 175
Latitude: 51.632145N Longitude: 0.777632W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The fort lies within what is these days a landscaped grass area, and has fantastic views commanding over the valley east towards High Wycombe, and westwards towards West Wycombe, with its iron age camp on the hilltop.
The castle consists of an approximately square enclosure, surrounded by a large ditch and rampart, and has within it remains of a bronze age barrow. The entrance is through the eastern side. The entire enclosure is now covered by beech woodland.
Feint remains of what was probably an outer ditch and rampart can be made out within the grassed area.
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