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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Larches Camp - Hillfort in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by Silurian on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 6064

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Larches Camp
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Caerwent  Nearest Village: Penhow
Map Ref: ST433900  Landranger Map Number: 171
Latitude: 51.605967N  Longitude: 2.820131W
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
3

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The Larches Camp
The Larches Camp submitted by Silurian : The Larches, one of the most evocative and under rated of our local sites. Worth the effort to get into it. Small in comparison to others. This shows, the main inner rampart from the south side looking north. The North side uses a steep hill as it's main defence but this side they made a classic deep two rampart ditch and ramp. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Monmouthshire. Well worth a visit this one, very evocative. Once you visit this, and can see Gray Hill to the North with it's stone circle, think of Sudbrook to the South and Llanmelin to the West then it's easy to see how 'under' rated the local impact has been.

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The Larches Camp
The Larches Camp submitted by Silurian : This pic shows Alison in the middle of the first ditch - with the main run up to the inner enclosure to her left. Well worth a visit this one, very evocative. Once you visit this, and can see Gray Hill to the North with it's stone circle, think of Sudbrook to the South and Llanmelin to the West then it's easy to see how 'under' rated the local impact has been. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Larches Camp
The Larches Camp submitted by Silurian : This montage of two pics, shows the reverse view. I.E the pic is taken from the top of the main south facing rampart looking south from the top with the main enclosure behind the photographer. Alison is seen at the top of the outer defence then next to it at the bottom of the inner ring. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST4390 : Field edge in deep shadow by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
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ST4390 : Carrow Hill by Jonathan Billinger
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ST4390 : Scene at Black Pool, near Carrow Hill, Penhow by Ruth Sharville
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ST4390 : Track to Penylan Farm by John Lord
by John Lord
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