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Buckland Rings

Archaeological sites in HampshireBuildings and structures in LymingtonHill forts in HampshireNew Forest folkloreScheduled monuments in Hampshire
Southern ramparts of Buckland Rings iron age camp viewed from the south geograph.org.uk 24952
Southern ramparts of Buckland Rings iron age camp viewed from the south geograph.org.uk 24952

Buckland Rings is the site of an Iron Age hill fort in the town of Lymington, Hampshire. Today, the mounds and dykes around the outside which once constituted its defences are still clearly visible, although the outer bank lies under the road on the west side, and on the south-east it is nearly ploughed-out. Excavations of the inner and middle ramparts in 1935 revealed that they were of wall-and-fill construction, retained at the front by upright timber beams and walls of cut and laid turf. The entrance, which lies on the east side, was also excavated revealing a long entrance passage and the postholes for a pair of stout gateposts. The site was bought by Hampshire County Council in 1989 to ensure its preservation, and it is open to the public from the A337 road onto which part of it faces.

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Buckland Rings
Sway Road, New Forest Lymington and Pennington

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SO41 8LP New Forest, Lymington and Pennington
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St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery
St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery

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