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<< Our Photo Pages >> Burwalls Camp - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Somerset

Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 19 August 2011  Page Views: 6959

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burwalls Camp Alternative Name: Burgh Walls, Borough Walls, Bowre Walls
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.001 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Bristol  Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: ST562730
Latitude: 51.454276N  Longitude: 2.631752W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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4 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
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TheCaptain visited on 28th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls. The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.

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Burwalls Camp
Burwalls Camp submitted by theCaptain : View of the site of Burwalls Camp, as seen from Clifton Down Camp across the Avon Gorge. In the woods to the right, the steep sided Nightingale Valley, which separates Burwalls Camp from Stokeleigh Camp. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls.

The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.
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Burwalls Camp
Burwalls Camp submitted by theCaptain : View of the site of Burwalls Camp, as seen from the Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon. In the woods to the right, the steep sided Nightingale Valley, which separates Burwalls Camp from Stokeleigh Camp. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST5673 : The Avon Gorge viewed from North Road by Philip Halling
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ST5673 : Do you have a permit for that web? by Neil Owen
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ST5673 : North Road by Roger Cornfoot
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Re: Burwalls Camp by TheCaptain on Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Streetview of Burwalls Camp seen from the river Avon below.


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