Where is Buckland Rings?

Buckland Rings is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO41 8NN), in the parish of Lymington and Pennington.

How do I get to Buckland Rings?

The nearest railway station is Lymington Town, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode SO41 8NN.

Who owns Buckland Rings?

Buckland Rings is owned by Hampshire County Council.

Is Buckland Rings a listed building?

Buckland Rings is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.

Is Buckland Rings a protected site?

Yes — Buckland Rings is part of the Lymington River SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the The New Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is Buckland Rings free to visit?

Yes, Buckland Rings is free to enter.

How do I get to Buckland Rings?

The nearest railway station is Lymington Town, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO41 8NN.

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Buckland Rings — hillfort in Hampshire, England, UK.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Lymington Town · 1.6 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Buckland Rings, the nearest railway station is Lymington Town, located 1.6 km away. Entry to the site is free. The postcode for sat-nav is SO41 8NN.

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Buckland Rings is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Owned by Hampshire County Council. Wikidata describes it as: "hillfort in Hampshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.7699°, -1.5547°.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lymington River SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: The New Forest SSSI
Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton Water

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

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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Background

Description

Buckland Rings is a triple-banked, rectangular encampment dating from the Iron Age. Although this type of enclosure is commonly referred to as a hillfort, Buckland Rings is in fact only 27 metres above sea-level. This type of site is rare in lowland areas and as such it is the best preserved and most important in the Hampshire/Dorset basin. It stands on a spur of gravel and encloses 2.8 hectares. The innermost bank stands 2.4 metres high whilst the middle one is lower but unusually wide. Buckland Rings has well-preserved triple banks and double ditches, although the outer bank lies under the road on the west side, and the east side which contained the entrance was partly ploughed up in the…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 50.7699, -1.5547
County: Hampshire
District: New Forest
Parish: Lymington and Pennington
Postcode: SO41 8NN
Parliamentary constituency: New Forest West
Nearest railway station: Lymington Town — 1.6 km

Sources

wikidata: Q4983297 (CC0)
wikipedia: Buckland Rings (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Eastern rampart of Buckland Rings - geograph.org.uk - 255971.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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