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<< Text Pages >> Banwell Camp - Hillfort in England in Somerset

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Banwell Camp
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Weston-super-Mare  Nearest Village: Banwell
Map Ref: ST409590
Latitude: 51.327014N  Longitude: 2.849589W
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
4 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
5

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An Iron Age hillfort consisting of two enclosures.

A roundhouse was excavated here in the 1960s.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST4059 : Banwell Plain from the air by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2017(licence)
ST4159 : Banwell Plain surrounding woodland by Michael Dennis Stagg
by Michael Dennis Stagg
©2010(licence)
ST4159 : Banwell Hill by Teresa Hall
by Teresa Hall
©2009(licence)
ST4159 : Sandford Stone Centre by Adrian and Janet Quantock
by Adrian and Janet Quantock
©2005(licence)
ST4058 : Looking across Banwell Castle grounds by Tim Lethaby
by Tim Lethaby
©2009(licence)

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