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South Creake Plateau Fort Image © juamei Also known as: Bloodgate Hill Burgh Dykes Burrow Dykes Nearest Town: Wells-Next-The-Sea (11km NNE) OS Ref (GB):     TF847352 / Sheet: 132 Latitude: 52° 52' 55.55" N Longitude:     0° 44' 42.94" E Added by Rhiannon News (2) Images (2) Fieldnotes (3) Folklore (1) Links (2) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for South Creake Flash Earth Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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Panels to Illustrate Archaeologists' Discoveries To the untrained eye the Bloodgate Hill Iron Age hill fort at South Creake, near Fakenham, is nothing more than a circular mound in a grassy field... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 24th June 2005ce Edited 24th June 2005ce

Bone Bits Found At Fort (Not many) Human remains found at juamei's 'world's dullest fort'. Richard Parr EDP24 November 13, 2003 06:00 Fragments of human skull were found on the side of a ditch during an excavation of the site of an Iron Age hill fort in north-west Norfolk... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 13th November 2003ce Edited 20th November 2003ce

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The Norfolk Archaeological Trust bought this hillfort in 2003 to save it from any further damage by the plough. Nowadays it is grazed by sheep and has a dedicated carpark. Apart from that, I agree with the previous visitors; sadly, it has been almost completely flattened. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by baza 1st September 2009ce

As juamei says, nothing much to be seen here. Slight traces of the ditches can still be just about made out, best viewed from the parking place a little way along the road, rather than the track. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 14th June 2004ce

[visited 9/12/02] Possibly the dullest hillfort in the world, despite the fantastic roadname. Peering through the hedge from the road you can just see a bank & ditch circling away from you. This fort has been so ploughed that it can't be more than 3 metres top of bank to bottom of ditch & probbly more like 1.5 metres... Oh and you can't walk on it cos it has crops all over it. Unless you happen to be "passing", don't bother. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by juamei 10th December 2002ce

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The village sign shows Ye Ancient Britons and the nasty Danes in front of the hill fort. Legend has it that their battle was rather vicious, hence the rather disgusting name of the road down the hill - Bloodgate - down which all the blood from the slaughter flowed. Nasty. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 12th April 2002ce

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Sue White, Archaeological Illustrator Clickable images of the interpretation boards at South Creake. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by baza 2nd September 2009ce Edited 2nd September 2009ce

The Norfolk Archaeological Trust The owners' webpage for this hillfort. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by baza 1st September 2009ce