<< Our Photo Pages >> Bathampton Camp - Hillfort in England in Somerset
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 16 July 2012 Page Views: 8309
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bathampton CampCountry: England
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County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bath Nearest Village: Claverton
Map Ref: ST77456502
Latitude: 51.383774N Longitude: 2.325423W
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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 |
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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 |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 15th Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Quite a large area suggests this was built to hold stock - like Minchinhampton
Theories about the area abound - early thinking suggested the area was a stock enclosure (a theory often applied in Gloucestershire to the North - eg Minchinhampton and Gotherington Camp) - then it was suggested that some of the earthworks formed part of the Wansdyke (a view promulgated by Edwardian pundits but now almost discarded) - it has been suggested that Bathampton Down is the location of the Battle of Mons Badonicus at which, legend has it, King Arthur defeated the Saxons (as with all such battles several other sites have the same claim) - it is just as well therefore that the site has Scheduled Ancient Monument status -
The area has been the subject of three major excavations in 1904/5, 1952/4 and 1965/7 - the latter as an emergency prior to the building of the University of Bath just to the south - the vast acreage contains at least four Bronze Age Round Barrows, a Roman Villa, a Celtic Field System, an old Warren complete with pillow mounds and an 18th/19th century racecourse - a veritable cornucopia with a modern twist - there are rumours of a Stone Circle (not unusual for Somerset)
More modern development includes a Sham Castle (folly), a golf course, the American Museum and the aforementioned University
Mentioned in:-
(a) pastscape: Bath and NE Somerset: Bathampton: 203244
(b) Proceedings of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1967 Vol 86 p42/59 - GJ Wainwright
(c) The Mystery of Wansdyke by Albany and Major 1923
(d) University of Bristol Spelaeological Socety 1957/8 Vol 8 p110
Oh! and by the way - the views are pretty good too! (but not quite as good as Solsbury Hill)
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