# Maes Knoll Hillfort - Added to Castles and Fortifications in South West **URL:** \ **Category:** Where to fly your drone in the UK\ **Created:** [16 April 2022 17:15 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075 "2022-04-16T17:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/clinkadink/32/93116_2.png) [@clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/u/clinkadink)\ **Post date:** [16 April 2022 17:15 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/1 "2022-04-16T17:15:01Z")
I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at [Drone Scene](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/maes-knoll-hillfort/south-west/1784): ![](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/9/4902cd2918a4fc030276a082cad20f818da19bf8.png) > **[Maes Knoll Hillfort](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/maes-knoll-hillfort/south-west/1784)** > > This location has been recommended to fly your drone in the Castles and Fortifications category in the South West region. Land owner permission not required. Parking was about 50m from the gate on Norton Lane here 51.386060, -2.574982. TOAL was from the hillfort. There is a public gravel footpath from the gate leading to the hillfort. It's about a 15 minute walk up the hill. Maes Knoll Camp hillfort is a semi-triangular Iron Age enclosure of approximately 26 acres. The original entrance is thought to be at the Southern tip of the triangle, though access may also have been gained via the gap between the ‘Tump’ and the Northern scarp. The Tump is a truly massive cross-bank-and-ditch earthwork, designed to cut off access from the West. It stands 25ft above the interior of the fort, 50ft above the ditch bottom, and is 200ft in length. > **[Maes Knoll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maes_Knoll)** > > Maes Knoll (sometimes Maes tump or Maes Knoll tump) is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, located at the eastern end of the Dundry Down ridge, south of the city of Bristol and north of the village of Norton Malreward near the eastern side of Dundry Hill. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. > Hill forts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the first millennium BC. The reason for their emergence in Britain, and their purpose, has been a subject of debate.... _The originator declared that this location was **not** inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 16/04/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location._ ---
**Author:** ![gasbag43](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/gasbag43/32/180114_2.png) [@gasbag43](https://greyarro.ws/u/gasbag43)\ **Post date:** [11 March 2025 10:30 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/2 "2025-03-11T10:30:23Z")
I’ve flown here too @clinkadink 😁 ---
**Author:** ![BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/bossbob/32/217907_2.png) [@BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/u/BossBob)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 14:26 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/3 "2025-10-12T14:26:45Z")
Just to comment that Maes Knoll is just outside the Bristol Lulsgate ATC D area and on the eastern flight path. It’s not unusual to have 3 or more aircraft in sight, one on final approach, one above and a couple in the queue to the east. ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 14:45 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/4 "2025-10-12T14:45:57Z")
It’s 4km away @BossBob Am I looking at the right thing on the map? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/bossbob/32/217907_2.png) [@BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/u/BossBob)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 14:53 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/5 "2025-10-12T14:53:20Z")
Not to the edge of the class D airspace. I’ve taken pictures from the ‘tump’ and can count the rivets on the body of aircraft. ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/1/1115f90cd95ec87cb0fd16ca278b5335715928ff.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/milkmanchris/32/237713_2.png) [@milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/u/milkmanchris)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 15:08 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/6 "2025-10-12T15:08:02Z")
Thats why we built in a measuring tool ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57da2a08aebfe30c90dbf7d9b0b559e65c1e34c0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/bossbob/32/217907_2.png) [@BossBob](https://greyarro.ws/u/BossBob)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 15:22 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/7 "2025-10-12T15:22:40Z")
You’re not showing class D airspace, only C. The almost the whole length of the hill is within ATC. ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/f/9fd91fb430c6dc9f8796ef6f4f4384f7f9115c97.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/milkmanchris/32/237713_2.png) [@milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/u/milkmanchris)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 15:27 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/8 "2025-10-12T15:27:46Z")
> [@BossBob](#): > > You’re not showing class D airspace, Because its irrelevant to drones under 20kg, you can switch it off in your Dronescene profile settings ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2025 15:32 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/maes-knoll-hillfort-added-to-castles-and-fortifications-in-south-west/45075/9 "2025-10-12T15:32:37Z")
> [@BossBob](#): > > The almost the whole length of the hill Almost all of the country is in Class D airspace 😁 As Chris suggests, you can safely ignore it as it’s not relevant. You can ignore Class G too.