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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wychbury Camp - Hillfort in England in Worcestershire

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wychbury Camp Alternative Name: Wychbury Ring Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.298 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Worcestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Halesowen  Nearest Village: Pedmore
Map Ref: SO920818  Landranger Map Number: 139
Latitude: 52.434116N  Longitude: 2.119097W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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4 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
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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
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Berger8 visited on 19th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 3

Marko visited on 9th Mar 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Appeared to be 3 ramparts and ditches running most of the way between the East and South West entances. Both entrances are inturned with the East one being a paticularly good example. Site also has approx 20+ yew trees growing both inside the fort and on its ramparts and in the ditches.

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Wychbury Camp
Wychbury Camp submitted by Andy B : Wychbury Hill Fort - Southern Rampart The hill fort occupies a position on the end of the Clent Hills. It is very much hidden by the trees but would have views to other forts on the Malverns, Clee Hill and Dudley. Copyright John M and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Worcestershire

Wychbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort located on Wychbury Hill, near Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.

The fort measures 250 m from east to west and 150 m from north to south, covering an area of 2.93 ha. It has two sets of ramparts and ditches. The inner rampart is between 16 m and 20 m wide, rising up to 2.6 m in height, with the surrounding inner ditch 10 m wide and up to 1.7 m deep. The outer rampart is 10 m wide and up to 3 m in height, with the outer ditch being 10 m wide and up to 1.2 m deep. There are fortified entrances at the east and south west.

Small bronze rings, including an Iron Age terret, were found in the fort in 1884, and Roman coins and masonry have been found nearby, suggesting a possible site of a later Roman Villa. Investigations in 1924 reported a 5.5-acre annexe to the south and a nearby Iron Age field system, but no trace of either remain.

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Wychbury Camp
Wychbury Camp submitted by Andy B : Eastern end of Wychbury Ring on Wychbury Hill Copyright John M and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SO9281 : Wychbury Hill Fort - Eastern end by John M
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SO9281 : Path up Wychbury Hill by Stephen McKay
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SO9281 : Monarch's Way on Wychbury Hill by John M
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SO9281 : Monarch's Way at Wychbury Hill by Mat Fascione
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Re: Wychbury Camp by Marko on Friday, 25 April 2014
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Visited on 9 March 2014.

Impressive hillfort with single rampart on the North side,where a natural slope adds further protection.
There are two ramparts and ditches running the South and West sides.
Between the fine inturned entrance at the (S) East and the entrance on the South West there is a run of three banks and ditches.

Adding to the ambience of the hillfort is approx 20+ yew trees of various sizes ages growing both inside the fort and also along its inner rampart and ditch.
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Walk to Wychbury Iron Age Hillfort, Sun 24 July by Andy B on Saturday, 18 June 2011
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Walk to Wychbury Iron Age Hillfort

Sun 24 July 14.00–16.30

Join us on a circular 3 mile walk to the fort which is 2 ha with multiple Glacis ramparts.

Location: Meet at St John's Church, Hall Lane, Hagley. Signs for Hagley Hall from island at junction of A491 and A456 take you to St Johns church.

Org: Hagley Historical and Field Society
Web: http://hhfs.org.uk

Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2011
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Re: Wychbury Camp by Anonymous on Monday, 11 May 2009
Wychbury camp is a smallish embanked enclosure on a ridge overlooking the stour valley. It has what appears to be a large barrow on the Northern (i think) side. It is somewhat small to have supported a substantial iron age community, but it could have had a small community, or been used for trading or ceremonial purpose. It is not that far from Kinver hill fort
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