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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stantonbury Camp - Hillfort in England in Somerset

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Monday, 31 October 2011  Page Views: 8284

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Stantonbury Camp
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bath  Nearest Village: Marksbury
Map Ref: ST67256366
Latitude: 51.371047N  Longitude: 2.471864W
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.
 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
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achiersnakes visited on 24th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Great site with amazing views. Access is not actually signposted from one direction although the path is identifiable. Site has a public footpath opposite campsite on the main road.

4clydesdale7 visited on 7th May 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Worth a visit just to examine the Wansdyke - one of the few places in Somerset where the Dyke can be appreciated



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 3

Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The south bank. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of an Iron Age hillfort on a flat-topped hill in north Somerset.

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Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Stantonbury Camp Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking WNW over the west bank towards Maes Knoll. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Wansdyke enters the site from the north-west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Wansdyke enters the site from the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stantonbury Camp
Stantonbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking up the south scarp towards the camp.

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Re: Stantonbury Camp by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 October 2017
I walked up it a couple of times & enjoyed the view from the top. Andy.
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Re: Stantonbury Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 07 May 2012
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Stantonbury Camp was at one time known as Marksbury and earlier, in the Saxon Charters, it is referred to as Merces Burgh - thus the Iron Age univallate hillfort gains its name in much the same way as Maes Knoll -

It has recently been added to the English Heritage 'At Risk' register - the Scheduled Ancient Monument is perhaps most famous for the fact that it is situate on the Wansdyke (as is Maes Knoll) - the 3 acre camp sits on a 70m flat hilltop and is protected in the main by substantial steep scarps - there was a protective bank around the camp but little of this remains today - today it is the base for a Shoot - there are game feeding/holding crops pens feeders shelters and pheasants in abundance - a word of advice, it is best not to try to visit in the shooting season -

It is mentioned in:-
(a) The Victorian County History of Somerset 1911 Vol 2 p500
(b) The Archaeological Journal 1958 Vol 115 p32
(c) Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset by E Burrow 1924 p92/3
(d) The County Archaeologies Series publ by Methuen 1931 author DP Dobson p201 AND
(e) pastscape: Bath & North East Somerset: Marksbury: 201138

The Wansdyke is not usually (in Somerset) quite as prominent as when it passes through this site - thus a visit for this ditch alone is worth the stiff climb - best undertaken from the East along the Dyke itself
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Re: Stantonbury Camp by TheCaptain on Monday, 31 October 2011
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