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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Credenhill Camp Alternative Name: Credenhill Park Wood
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Herefordshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SO451445  Landranger Map Number: 148
Latitude: 52.096103N  Longitude: 2.802816W
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
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-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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 3 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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SumDoood visited on 26th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 What an ENORMOUS hillfort. 50+ acres, double walls and the internal ones measured from outside are 60m (that's 200ft!) high. Much as I like trees, i.e. enormously, less than half of the middle of the enclosed area has been de-treed. Two dog walkers and I both think that The Woodland Trust should get on with the job of clearing the entire area as far as the outer edge of the walls, as it surely would have been in the Iron Age.

drolaf visited on 12th Nov 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 car park at foot of hill

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3

Credenhill Camp
Credenhill Camp submitted by jfarrar : Southern entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Herefordshire. Strategically placed in Welsh Marches, bivallate hillfort in Credenhill Park Wood purchased by the Woodland Trust. Larger than Maiden Hill - ramparts in places maxing out at 250m wide and 60m high.

Excavator's grid reference ST450445 for SAM SO44SE 1.

The Iron Age fort is the second largest Iron Age hill fort in Britain. The site was purchased by the Woodland Trust in 2002, a huge amount of work has been undertaken including the removal of large areas of conifer plantation, detailed archaeological survey and three seasons of targeted archaeological excavation. These works have advanced our understanding of Iron Age and Roman life in Herefordshire greatly. The Iron Age defences still stand to a height of over 10m in places making this site truly awe inspiring.

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Note: The Credenhill Park Wood Celebration, Sat 30–Sun 31 July
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Credenhill Camp submitted by drolaf : view from Credenhill to southwest, the Dorstone ridge. This really is a superb hill to visit, and a lovely van friendly car park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Antonine : Credenhill from Brinsop churchyard with Dragon’s Well (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Antonine : This photo was taken from Brinsop Church. The hill fort is on the left. The field behind the church is where St George battled the Dragon. The dragon’s home Duck Pool Meadow is in the foreground with Dragon’s Well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Credenhill Camp submitted by SumDoood : Trying to show the very high walls - this is from the top of the inner looking down to the outer. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Credenhill Park Wood Trees in Credenhill Park Wood. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Earthworks on Credenhill Part of the defensive dike surrounding the hill fort on Credenhill. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Defensive earthworks, Credenhill High defensive earthworks still surround the hill fort on top of Credenhill. Here the earthwork have created a small pond. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Defensive earthworks, Credenhill High defensive earthworks still surround the hill fort on top of Credenhill. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Within the hill fort, Credenhill The plateau top of Credenhill is a large and surrounded by a hill defensive dyke of the ancient hill fort, part of which can be seen in the background. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Credenhill Camp submitted by Andy B : Hill fort on Credenhill Credenhill is wooded with the exception of the area contained within the high earthworks surrounded the large hill fort which has been cleared. Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Credenhill Camp submitted by jfarrar : Southern entrance from below

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Credenhill Camp submitted by jfarrar : Eastern entrance seen across the main section of hte fort.

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Re: Dig for ancient hill fort remains by Anonymous on Monday, 15 May 2023
I SPENT 9 YEARS AT CREDENHILL , 2 RAF TOURS , FASCINATING AREA WITH THE ROMAN ROAD AND USED TO GO ALL AROUND THE LOCAL AREA WITH SOME LOCAL MEN WITHOUR JACK RUSSELLS . THERE WAS A MAP OF ROMAN SETTLEMENT KICKING AROUND IN THE 1970,S AND THE HILL FORT WAS USED BY ALL FOR WALKS , TRAINING (RUNNING ) DOG WALKS AND WAS NOT REALLY APPRECIATED FOR WHAT IT WAS . A REALLY HISTORIC REGION AND SOMETIMES I FOUND IT SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMING IN A SPOOKY SORT OF WAY ESPECIALLY ON A EARLY MISTY MORNING . I FOUND STRETTON SUGWAS A BIT "DARK" AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE OLD RAILWAY SIDINGS , rear of raf camp , AND HOW BASIC SOME PEOPLE LIVED THEN . NO OFFENCE TO ANYONE , AN INTERESTING VILLAGE THAT WAS FOREVER CHANGED BY THE RAF CAMP , SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AND PERHAPS TOOK FOR GRANTED THE HISTORY ALL AROUND ?
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Re: The Credenhill Park Wood Celebration, Sat 30–Sun 31 July by darrenmparr on Thursday, 14 July 2011
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I was stationed at RAF Hereford between 1984/5 doing my basic training. It's now an Army camp used by a particular regiment and the camp itself is not too far from Credenhill (virtually at the foot).

I walked up the hill a couple of times during my time there and always felt that it had a certain atmosphere that I couldn't quite figure out what. I never knew the history of it but sometimes wondered if it was man-made.

Having read this article, I now know that at least some of it was. Thanks for bringing this to Megalithic, it is a very interesting article for me, and one which has prompted a possible return visit in the not too distant...
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The Credenhill Park Wood Celebration, Sat 30–Sun 31 July by Andy B on Saturday, 18 June 2011
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The Credenhill Park Wood Celebration

Sat 30–Sun 31 July 10.00–15.00

The Iron Age fort of Park Wood is the second largest Iron Age hill fort in Britain. The site was purchased by the Woodland Trust in 2002, a huge amount of work has been undertaken including the removal of large areas of conifer plantation, detailed archaeological survey and three seasons of targeted archaeological excavation. These works have advanced our understanding of Iron Age and Roman life in Herefordshire greatly. The Iron Age defences still stand to a height of over 10m in places making this site truly awe inspiring.

The event will celebrate the site and the works undertaken on it and will include guided walks, Iron Age and Roman story telling, children’s activities – including building woodland shelters, arts and crafts for children and a Birds of Prey display. Fun days for all the family!
Free!

Location: Park Wood, Credenhill. Park Wood is just off the A480, just past Court Farm on the back road to Tillington.

Org: Woodland Trust
Name: Jane Craven
Web: http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/credenhill

Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2011
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Future of Iron Age site secured by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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From 10 May 2003

The future of Credenhill Iron Age Hill Fort and Park Wood on the edge of Hereford has been secured through a combination of grants and fundraising reports BBC On-line.

Hundreds of people are expected to celebrate the preservation of the 2,000 year old hill fort (one of the largest such structures in the UK) thought to have been the site of a tribal capital.

The Woodland Trust was able to buy the whole area after more than £70,000 was raised locally, in addition to grants from Severn Waste Environmental Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

For the full story visit BBC On-line
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/3016225.stm
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Iron Age Credenhill walk, Mon 19 July by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Iron Age Credenhill

Mon 19 July 13.00–16.00

A historic landscape walk around the Iron Age Hillfort of credenhill including a summary of the findings made during three years of excavation.

Location: Credenhill Park Wood, Woodland Trust car park. Grid SO 455 440

O: Herefordshire Archaeology
N: Moira Cassidy
T: 01432 26470
E: [email protected]

Festival of British Archaeology 2010
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Re: Dig for ancient hill fort remains by jfarrar on Wednesday, 29 October 2008
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Work has started on clearing the site. Most of trees have been removed from the main body of the fort making it far easier to determine the size and shape of it.

There is debate about which tribe actually lived in Credenhill. Some scholars consider the Decangi to be likely candidates owing to a reference in “Annals” by Tacitus. They were attacked by the Roman Governor Ostorius Scapula around 48CE and defeated. Other candidates are the Silures, Dobunnii or the Cornovii. It seems likely that it was occupied and abandoned and re-occupied several times before being abandoned, possibly because of the new “town” of Kenchester down near the Wye built in the 2nd century CE.

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Dig for ancient hill fort remains by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Dig for ancient hill fort remains

Archaeologists have started a six-week dig at a Herefordshire hill fort in a bid to unearth ancient remains.
Excavations funded by a Heritage Lottery grant are under way at Credenhill Iron Age Hill Fort, west of Hereford, until the end of September.

The team is focusing on the summit and southern part of the fort interior to discover if there was an earlier enclosure on the hill.

A series of trenches will also help assess damage from 1960s conifer trees.

Important opportunity

Under the direction of Peter Dorling of Herefordshire Archaeology, the team is being helped by local volunteers and Cardiff University students.

The excavations are part of a longer-term project being undertaken in partnership with the Woodland Trust to clear conifers from the fort area and replant deciduous trees.

Research so far has indicated that the hilltop was occupied from about 600 BC.

Mr Dorling said: "This is an important opportunity to learn more about the history of the fort in the Iron Age and into the Roman period.

"Hopefully it will shed light on the Iron Age in the county more widely, given that this is the first sustained campaign of excavation of a hill fort in Herefordshire for 40 years."


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