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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 01 September 2011 Page Views: 8873
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Roel Camp Alternative Name: Roel Gate Camp, Charlton Abbots CampCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Winchcombe Nearest Village: Charlton Abbots
Map Ref: SP04682434
Latitude: 51.917568N Longitude: 1.933363W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 31st Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 There is a lot more to be learned about Roel - field walking to the E (although over pasture) should reveal a large flint scatter
h_fenton have visited here
There is a substantial flint scatter between the site of the Camp and that of the Village. The design of the Camp is said to be of the type 'Phase 1', viz a single bank and ditch although recently 'geophys' has suggested that there is an internal ditch. There are 2 small medieval quarries within the Camp which encloses approx. 2.5 acres
The Camp stands very close to an extremely ancient track called 'The Saltway' or 'Campden Track', which is almost as straight as the much later Roman roads.
As it is so easy to get to it is well worth a visit - you can see Beckbury Camp to the NNE.
Witts Ancient Camp No 23 (Charlton Abbots);
Pastscape 327968
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