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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Westbury CampCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.373 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wells Nearest Village: Rodney Stoke
Map Ref: ST49205112
Latitude: 51.256968N Longitude: 2.729355W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Historic England list this as a slight univallate hillfort, which is selling it short, it is a whopping big Iron Age fort though much stone has been robbed. You're rewarded with fabulous panoramic views across the Somerset Levels, you can see Glastonbury Tor in the distance one way, and Brean down and all the way to Wales on a clear day.
Heritage Gateway and Somerset HER say
A hillslope enclosure damaged by surface quarrying. The main enclosure is surrounded by a small narrow-topped bank about 1m high, possibly a dry stone wall (reference to OS record). The interior slopes to the south west.
Accessed either from Draycott Sleights Nature reserve, parking is a bear on a steep road out of Draycott, or you can walk about 2km W mostly on the flat from where the the West Mendip Way leaves the main road at ST511513. Access is through the Butterfly Conservation reserve which they call Stoke Camp
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