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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hempsted Camp - Hillfort in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 01 September 2011  Page Views: 2073
England Site Name: Hempsted Camp Alternative Name: Newark Camp, The Coneygar
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Gloucester  Nearest Village: Hempsted
Map Ref: SO81551725
Latitude: 51.853532N  Longitude: 2.269276W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Hempsted Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7
Hempsted Camp Yet another of Gloucestershire's Ancient Camps causing much discussion and controversy - the renowned Rev. Samuel Lysons and G.B. Witts (Camp No.51) managed to agree that the rather indistinct defensive works are Roman but that is about all that any two experts are prepared to agree - there is a body of opinion that again (like Sodbury) there was an earlier Iron Age Camp on the site.

Standing to the South of Gloucester it is easily understood why the Romans built a Camp at Hempsted - it is close to the N end of the old roman road called 'The Portway' which ran from Glevum/Gloucester to Aquae Sulis/Bath (passing Sodbury Camp on the way).

It measures 250m by 100m, has 4 entrances (one on each side) and is approached from the N by a raised causeway from S.Gloucester. It is aligned N-S and is clearly divided into two separate halves (N & S) - it commands any approach to Gloucester from the S. It has a single ditch and bank (doubled in the North) and there is a raised causeway running from the S end of Gloucester to the W entrance which is by Lady's Well. Several Roman interments have been found within the site together numerous other Roman artefacts including horse bones.

The land upon which the Camp stands was part of the estate of the Llanthony Priory becoming in medieval times Llanthony Secunda - during their ownership the site was radically re-developed as a rabbit warren hence its later name 'The Coneygar'.

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Hempsted Camp Hempsted Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7
The raised causeway to the W entrance

Hempsted Camp Hempsted Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7
The E bank looking N

Hempsted Camp Hempsted Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7
The W bank and ditch looking S

Hempsted Camp Hempsted Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7
The W entrance by Lady's Well

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