<< Our Photo Pages >> Tytherington Camp - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Gloucestershire
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Wednesday, 07 September 2011 Page Views: 6908
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tytherington Camp Alternative Name: Castle Hill; The CastleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.765 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Thornbury Nearest Village: Tytherington
Map Ref: ST66438834
Latitude: 51.592901N Longitude: 2.485997W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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TheCaptain visited on 14th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Afternoon wander around Tytherington village and up to and around the old hillfort / castle. Chap in his garden nearby told me he part owned the land and I could go and have a proper look if I wanted, so I did. There is a lot of broken rock in the remaining ramparts, which surprised me by their completeness (those which hadn't been lost due to the quarrying). Saw a couple of foxes and loads of rabbits.
4clydesdale7 visited on 5th Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 M5 and quarry have caused problems but this is still an attractive Camp
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5
Its construction is univallate but about one-third of its fortifications have been lost to modern quarrying (in the SE) and more recently it was decided that it might benefit from the M5 passing about 150m to its W. There is a shallow ditch in places along the W and NW. The experts are undecided as to whether the entrance was in the NW, the SW or both.
Strangely the Romans visited but did not carry out their usual refurbishment - a Roman pavement was found in the Parish during the Victoria era. Nice setting, shame about the motorway and the quarry - there's progress for you.
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