<< Our Photo Pages >> Lansdown Camp - Misc. Earthwork in England in Somerset
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Sunday, 09 September 2012 Page Views: 6986
Multi-periodSite Name: Lansdown Camp Alternative Name: Lansdown Hill Camp 1Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Bath Nearest Village: Lansdown
Map Ref: ST71446892
Latitude: 51.418569N Longitude: 2.412098W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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4clydesdale7 visited on 6th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 The Jury has to be out on this site - there are technically three different 'Camps' at Lansdown all within 500m of each other - only Little Down Camp to the west impresses -
It is roughly rectangular and single broad-banked up to a height of 1.3m - currently (6-08-12) surrounded by wheat awaiting dry weather for harvest it can be a bit difficult to get close to - a winter visit might be more appropriate - one day someone will solve the conundrum - it does not seem to be in a good position for a Camp (and there is a known older camp close by - Little Down Camp or Lansdown Hill Camp 2)
Mentioned in (a) Methuen County Archaeologies - Somerset by DP Dobson p 201 (b) The Ancient Earthworks and Camps of Somerset by Edward J Burrow 1924 pages 60/61 and (c) on the pastscape website Bath & NE Somerset: North Stoke: 203719
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