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<< Our Photo Pages >> Towbury Camp - Hillfort in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Sunday, 04 March 2012  Page Views: 6211

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Towbury Camp
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tewkesbury  Nearest Village: Twyning
Map Ref: SO88003695
Latitude: 52.030827N  Longitude: 2.176325W
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.
4 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.
3 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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4clydesdale7 visited on 3rd Mar 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Just to South of M50 with Golf Course to South East - nice afternoon stroll - Sandstone quarrying had little effect -

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Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by camperman : Towbury Hill Camp from the west, the single bank and ditch is visible on this side as it is not wooded and flanks the golf course. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Gloucestershire
A little known Iron Age Hillfort at the NW edge of Gloucestershire of 20+acres, roughly rectangular in shape probably originally built to protect a westerly branch (to Ledbury in Herefordshire) of an ancient road between Gloucester and Worcester where the branch crossed the River Severn just north of its confluence with the River Avon.

To the west north and east the camp is protected by a natural scarp and on its southern side by a small bank with a deep ditch - the SW of the camp has been eaten into by post-medieval quarrying for sandstone - the famed historian Leland claimed the camp was one of the palaces of King Offa - during Saxon times the Inner Camp was cultivated as evidenced today by strong ridges and furrows - it is also reputed to be one of the more northerly of a line of camps (Clifton to Bredon) occupied by the Romans to keep the Silures at bay.

Mentioned in:-
(a) Samuel Rudders History of Gloucestershire 1749 p780
(b) GF Playne in a paper to the Cotteswolde Naturalists Field Club in 1877 Vol VI p226
(c) G Witts Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester 1883 - Camp 101
(d) Transactions of Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1903 Vol 26 p88 & 1992 Vol 110 p227
(e) EJ Burrow Ancient Entrenchments and Camps of Gloucestershire 1924 p132
(f) pastscape website; Gloucestershire: Tewkesbury: Twyning: 115727

A very tidy site bordered on the north by the M50 and on the south by a golf course well worth an afternoon stroll.
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Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by camperman : A view of the steep bank leading down to the river on the western side of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by camperman : A steep bank with a river at its base guards the western facing side of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by camperman : A view from the north overlooking the M50 which is at the base of the hill Towbury stands on. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Towbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The south bank and ditch (Vote or comment on this photo)

Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The NW scarp

Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The NE entrance

Towbury Camp
Towbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The inner camp

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