<< Our Photo Pages >> Old Sodbury - Hillfort in England in Gloucestershire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Old Sodbury Alternative Name: Sodbury Camp, Soppa's CampCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chipping Sodbury
Map Ref: ST76088258 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.541606N Longitude: 2.346303W
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 31st Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Friday afternoon 10k walk, north from Old Sodbury along the Cotswold Edge through two ancient forts, past three old churches and lots of big houses to Horton Court. Back over fields through Little Sodbury. Stopped for a pint at the Dog afterwards.
4clydesdale7 visited on 24th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I am uncomfortable with the suggestion that this could be pre-Roman
TheWhiteRider visited on 21st Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 3.67
It's location is a mystery due to it's relative difficulty in access and lack of fresh water supplies locally, but is thought to be connected with the much ruined Horton hill fort nearby.
Local legend claims the Romans refortified the camp after the invasion, and it was almost certainly utillised during the wars of the roses.
Old Sodbury hillfort is private property, but two foot paths run through and across the site. Please stick to these paths, and be wary of grazing live stock. As it is a private monument, metal detecting is strictly not allowed.
See also Horton Hillfort, Chipping Sodbury, and Grickstone Mehir.
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