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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Welshbury Camp
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cinderford
Map Ref: SO67751555
Latitude: 51.837619N  Longitude: 2.469471W
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
 no data 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.
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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
0no data
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Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The SW banks and ditches get deeper. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Gloucestershire

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"Iron Age hillfort visible as an earthwork comprising a sub-rectangular multivallate enclosure. There are no apparent traces of interior habitation. Quarrying has caused mutilation within the monument but other than this it is well-preserved. Scheduled. The earthwork remains (visible through the trees) of this hillfort were mapped from aerial photographs."

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Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by camperman : The south facing inner ditch looking down the slope to the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by camperman : The outer ditch and counterscarp facing west, looking towards the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by camperman : The inner west facing ditch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by camperman : This is the west facing inner ditch and its counterscarp with the outer ditch in the left hand corner of the photograph. The site is heavily wooded but especially to the west and south the earthworks are still very visible. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Inner Camp (see also photo of Cairn on its own page). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The western banks and ditches are even higher and deeper.

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The southern banks and ditch.

Welshbury Camp
Welshbury Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The approach from the S with the 250m long bank to your right (E) which pushes you W of your objective.

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Re: Welshbury Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 30 July 2011
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This Camp is quite a puzzle - the defended area is approx 150m by 100m - rather small but the earthworks are remarkably large and they do not always follow the contours - no trace has ever been found of it having been occupied - it takes time to work out how the defences combine to make a formidable stronghold - but its design is really quite cunning - it cannot be approached from the NW,N, NE or E because of precipitous slopes - the W approach is only marginally better but it has been fortified with three enormous banks and two deep ditches and from the S (i.e. along the footpath you take to climb there - supposedly the easy route) three more large banks and ditches - but that is not all - on the approach from the S for about 250m there is a high bank to your E 'pushing you westward' into the high banks and deep ditches - the cairn probably had two roles - strengthening the defences near the entrance and an observation platform overlooking the E end of the S defences - well worth a visit
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