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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierce Wood Camp 1 - Hillfort in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 6472

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pierce Wood Camp 1 Alternative Name: Piercefield Camp
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chepstow  Nearest Village: St Arvans
Map Ref: ST53619596  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.660497N  Longitude: 2.672061W
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.
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4Good
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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
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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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Pierce Wood Camp 1
Pierce Wood Camp 1 submitted by jfarrar : The site is difficult to approach. The path on the map leads to the south-western entrance but it is very overgrown. The north-west corner can be more easily got to. This picture is of the south-west entrance from the interior. The ramparts are large and appear to be of small boulders between one and two feet across, rather like Clee Hill. There is a small enclosure, also like Clee, but p... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory fort overlooking the River Wye between Chepstow and Tintern in Monmouthshire

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A sub-rectangular enclosure is set upon the gently sloping summit of a steep-sided promontory ridge above a bend in the Wye valley. On plan it measures about 388m north-west by south-east by 94m-116m. Facing the neck of the ridge the enclosure is defined by double banks and ditches, elsewhere by a single bank, or ruined wall, above steep natural slopes. The site is located in woodland.
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Pierce Wood Camp 1
Pierce Wood Camp 1 submitted by jfarrar : The western side rampart. Seemingly small boulders. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierce Wood Camp 1
Pierce Wood Camp 1 submitted by drolaf : At the bottom of the hill, on the river Wye, view of south facing cliffs. Lots of sloe bushes. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierce Wood Camp 1
Pierce Wood Camp 1 submitted by drolaf : View from Piercefield SE over the Severn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST5395 : River Wye from Wintour's Leap by Chris Heaton
by Chris Heaton
©2006(licence)
ST5396 : A view north of the River Wye, Lancaut, Chepstow by Phil Conridge
by Phil Conridge
©2005(licence)
ST5496 : Part of Footpath in Lancaut Nature Reserve by Roy Parkhouse
by Roy Parkhouse
©2006(licence)
ST5395 : Piercefield Park Grotto by Paul Brooker
by Paul Brooker
©2014(licence)
ST5495 : Path descending towards the River Wye by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)

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 416m WSW 239° Piercefield Park Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST53259575)
 432m SW 236° Pierce Wood Camp 2* Hillfort (ST53259572)
 991m NE 40° Spital Meend* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (ST54269671)
 1.8km S 181° Chepstow Museum* Museum (ST53579420)
 2.0km WNW 285° St Arvan's Cross* Ancient Cross (ST517965)
 2.3km NNE 31° Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase* Misc. Earthwork (ST548979)
 2.4km SW 222° Bishop Barnet's Camp Ancient Village or Settlement (ST520942)
 2.7km WSW 236° Great Barnets Wood Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (ST51389451)
 2.8km NW 316° Gaer Hill Camp* Hillfort (ST517980)
 3.0km NNE 33° Soldier's Tump* Round Barrow(s) (ST55289849)
 3.1km NNW 346° Blackfield Wood* Hillfort (ST529990)
 3.2km S 176° The Bulwarks (Monmouthshire)* Hillfort (ST53789274)
 3.3km S 174° St Peter's Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (ST539927)
 4.2km S 174° Thornwell Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (ST540918)
 4.3km S 175° Thornwell Farm* Chambered Tomb (ST53959167)
 4.3km W 261° Itton Cross (St Deiniol's)* Ancient Cross (ST4933095290)
 4.3km ENE 72° Broad Stone (Gloucestershire)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST5776397247)
 4.4km N 6° Offa's Dyke near Brockweir* Misc. Earthwork (SO541003)
 4.8km WNW 288° Chepstow Park Wood Cairn Cairn (ST491975)
 4.8km NNE 29° East Wood Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SO5594600157)
 4.9km SW 219° Willis Hill Ancient Village or Settlement (ST50519216)
 5.0km SSW 195° St Tewdric's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST5227991167)
 5.2km NNW 343° Lower Halewood Round Barrow(s) (SO521009)
 5.2km NNW 341° Tintern 2* Round Barrow(s) (SO5197000913)
 5.2km NNW 342° Tintern 1* Round Barrow(s) (SO5207200980)
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