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Name: | Snodhill Castle |
Hill number: | 19555 |
Height: | 197.8m / 649ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2242 Black Mountain |
RHB Section: | 38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester |
County/UA: | Herefordshire |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SO 32259 40378 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground at base of wall |
Drop: | 34.7m |
Col: | 163.1m SO 3186 4037 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 148 161 (1:25k) OL13N 201S |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 18 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Not sure about this one - big pile of collapsed keep and a motte. While a dubious tump, this is exactly how a historic site should be presented. Low key, informative and a breath of fresh air after all that Heras in Scotland. A must visit! | fasgadh | 31/05/2023 |
With Bev, interesting walk around the ruins | simon and co | 18/02/2023 |
Easy stroll up to the ruins, which today were busy with archaeology students on their summer dig, with three trenches being worked on in different parts of the site. | milimana | 06/07/2022 |
Interesting hill with informative leaflet. | PGCE | 26/05/2022 |
With Smudge | Clachaig | 29/08/2021 |
Fascinating ruin. Followed by an excellent mountain bike west of Dorstone. | Rob Rees | 16/06/2021 |
Nice little hill and ruined castle. Renovation taking place, hence the blue container which looked out of place. Steps led to HP. | PeterD | 01/05/2021 |
Interesting little hill with ruined Castle that I noticed on my map when nearby in the dark, and wondered if it was baggable by mobile phone torch. Very easily, fortunately. (7) | vegibagger | 04/11/2020 |
Quick visit after a day's walking in the Beacons | Ramblingpaul | 02/08/2020 |
Free public access via steps to summit with spectacular ruined stone keep, glowing in evening sun. Hardcore parking on nearby road verge, but we walked here. Met a friendly local couple, quite relaxed about covid and walkers. | Denise | 24/05/2020 |
Hill topped by castle walls. Local historic site with public access and surprisingly large parking area. Great views of Vagar Hill in the warm evening light. Friendly local couple happy to chat with us despite being in 'Covid times' | RichardM | 24/05/2020 |
As per cv, nice low-key small but striking castle ruin amidst nice scenery. At least the upper 10m of the summit mound is manmade but suitably hill-like ie has been grassy for a long while. | RHW | 21/05/2020 |
New hardcore to park on right outside the gate which gives free access to the site of the ruins. The Trust was only founded in 2017 but the castle was built originally by William FitzOsbern 1st Earl of Hereford. | clivevilla | 27/04/2020 |
Alan Caine | 23/10/2023 | |
Martin R | 22/01/2023 | |
Dusty | 25/09/2022 | |
GordonAdshead | 11/08/2020 | |
andrew brown | 13/05/2020 |