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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chase Wood Camp - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 05 January 2010  Page Views: 8316

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chase Wood Camp
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Ross-on-Wye
Map Ref: SO602223
Latitude: 51.897816N  Longitude: 2.579824W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Chase Wood Camp
Chase Wood Camp submitted by camperman : The Summit of Chase Wood Camp viewed from the north with its steep surrounding slopes apart from south facing which are moderate. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort in Herefordshire

From Pastscape:

"Of the promontory type with a steep fall on all sides except the S. The camp with its defences occupies an area of about 27 acres and is of irregular oval form. At the S end it is defended by a rampart now rising about 5 1/2 feet above the ground outside; the defences on the other sides are formed by scarping the natural slope; the scarp has a berm along the greater part of its length with traces of an outer bank to the berm on the W side. There is a raking entrance cut through the rock on the NE side A second entrance at the extreme N end and a third in the middle of the W side; the two latter may be of later date. "
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=111919

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Chase Wood Camp
Chase Wood Camp submitted by camperman : Chase Wood Camp viewed from the south with the town of Ross and the River Wye in the background. The tree line designates roughly the where the defensive earthworks are located. However on the western side the defences are situated 40m down slope from the interior. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO6022 : Chase Hill by Patrick Mackie
by Patrick Mackie
©2009(licence)
SO6022 : View towards Iron Age fort by Pebble
by Pebble
©2023(licence)
SO6022 : Chase Wood Hill by Rude Health
by Rude Health
©2013(licence)
SO6022 : View from Chase Hill Trig Point by thejackrustles
by thejackrustles
©2021(licence)
SO6022 : Edge of Chase Hill by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2021(licence)

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Re: Chase Wood Camp by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 November 2020
Climb up to this gets your heart rate up! The field in middle is a total bore to be in, but go off piste in surrounding woods and you'll find some pretty decent earthworks among the trees - especially on west side, and NE too. It was fab on a wild autumn day!
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