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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 30 August 2008  Page Views: 18669

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dyrham Camp Alternative Name: Hinton Hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.969 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chipping Sodbury  Nearest Village: Hinton
Map Ref: ST741767  Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.488650N  Longitude: 2.374419W
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
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.
4 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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TheCaptain visited on 9th Oct 2020 Walking a loop on the Cotswold Way around Dyrham and Tormarton, see Hinton Hillfort from the southern side in the fading autumn sunlight.

4clydesdale7 visited on 30th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Limited visit to part of fort to NW of road - whetted my appetite for a return for more detailed inspection

SolarMegalith visited on 23rd Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 9th Sep 2007 Dyrham Camp, otherwise known as Hinton Hillfort, is not so much a hillfort, but more a promontary fort, on a southwest facing spur of the Cotswold Hills north of Bath. Basically triangular in shape, it is cut into two by the little road up the hillside from the village of Hinton below. The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump these days. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in fine condition, perhaps kept in shape in more recent times for drainage. The southern half of the fort is open pasture with a public footpath running through, and the steep southern slopes are sort of terraced, with several almost cliff like ramparts, below which are quite spectacular remains of ancient field systems. The eastern edge of the fort, where the land is flat on top of the Cotswold plateau, has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The ditch is about 10 metres wide and 2 metres deep, with a bank up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry.

jlfern2 visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

hevveh have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by Thorgrim : Dyrham Camp, otherwise known as Hinton Hillfort, is best seen from high land in Dyrham Park (National Trust) Dating from the Iron Age, it was the likely site of the Battle of Dyrham in 577 AD when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tells us that the invading Saxons under "Cuthwine and Ceawlin fought against the Britons and slew three kings, Coinmail, Condidan and Farimail at the place which is called Dyr... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dyrham Camp, otherwise known as Hinton Hillfort, is not so much a hillfort, but more a promontary fort, on a southwest facing spur of the Cotswold Hills north of Bath. Basically triangular in shape, it is cut into two by the little road up the hillside from the village of Hinton below.

The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump these days. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in fine condition, perhaps kept in shape in more recent times for drainage.

The southern half of the fort is open pasture with a public footpath running through, and the steep southern slopes are sort of terraced, with several almost cliff like ramparts, below which are quite spectacular remains of ancient field systems.

The eastern edge of the fort, where the land is flat on top of the Cotswold plateau, has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The ditch is about 10 metres wide and 2 metres deep, with a bank up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry.

In many ways, it is best seen from high land to the south in Dyrham Park (National Trust).

Dating from the Iron Age, it was the likely site of the Battle of Dyrham in 577 AD when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tells us that the invading Saxons under "Cuthwine and Ceawlin fought against the Britons and slew three kings, Coinmail, Condidan and Farimail at the place which is called Dyrham; and they captured three cities, Gloucester, Cirencester and Bath"
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Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by TheCaptain : Composite of Hinton Hillfort and the strip lynchets below as seen from walking the Cotswold way around Dyrham Park at the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Southern part of the Iron Age hillfort and view for the field system below (photo taken on June 2010). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The eastern edge of the fort has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The bank is up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry. View looking south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump these days. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in fine condition. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by camperman : A view from the south west showing the promontory and the road which bisects the fort.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by camperman : An aerial view looking east showing the promontory of Hinton Hill with the fort occupying the summit.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by camperman : Looking along the south side of the fort to the end of the promontory.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by camperman : Looking west over the fort to the Severn Vale. The rampart and ditch cutting across the ridge is the most intact up to 2.4m high and the ditch being 1.5m deep.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by TheCaptain : Composite of Hinton Hillfort and the strip lynchets below as seen from walking the Cotswold way around Dyrham Park at the south.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by TheCaptain : Hinton Hillfort as seen from walking the Cotswold way around Dyrham Park at the south.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by AngieLake : I found this plan while turning out old leaflets. I never did visit ...

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : From Pucklechurch to the W.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Eastern side of the hillfort - the ditch and the bank on this side are best preserved part of the site (photo taken on June 2010).

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Dyrham Camp - Northern part of the earthwork of an Iron Age hillfort is currently covered wih a small forest (photo taken on June 2010).

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The eastern edge of the fort, where the land is flat on top of the Cotswold plateau, has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The ditch is about 10 metres wide and 2 metres deep, with a bank up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The eastern edge of the fort has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The bank is up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry. View looking north.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The eastern edge of the fort has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The ditch is about 10 metres wide and 2 metres deep.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The southern half of the fort is open pasture, and the steep southern slopes are sort of terraced, with several almost cliff like ramparts.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump these days. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in fine condition

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The southern slopes of Hinton Hillfort, and the field systems below.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : Hinton Hillfort, seen from the village of Hinton below.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : Hinton hillfort seen here from the west, across the flat top of the Cotswold plateau.

Dyrham Camp
Dyrham Camp submitted by thecaptain : The western "point" of Hinton Hillfort, where it is cut into two by the little road up the hillside from the village of Hinton below.

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Re: Dyrham Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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pastscape also recognise the Hillfort as a Promontory Fort - note this site (for pastscape) is in South Gloucestershire - parish Dyrham and Hinton No.204859 - the south and southeast sides are a little more difficult to get to but much more rewarding -
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Re: Dyrham Camp by TheCaptain on Sunday, 09 September 2007
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Not so much a hillfort, but more a promontary fort, on a west facing spur of the Cotswold Hills. Basically triangular in shape, it is cut into two by the little road up the hillside from the village of Hinton below.

The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in fine condition, perhaps kept in shape in more recent times for drainage.

The southern half of the fort is open pasture with a public footpath running through, and the steep southern slopes are sort of terraced, with several almost cliff like ramparts.

The eastern edge of the fort, where the land is flat, has a large ditch and bank in place across the headland. The ditch is about 10 metres wide and 2 metres deep, with a bank up to 4 metres high on the inside, which even these days is a fairly good barrier to entry.
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Re: Dyrham Camp by Anonymous on Sunday, 24 June 2007
Thank you for your photo it is so like my imagination of it and has been a great help in my novel,
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