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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wychbury Camp Alternative Name: Wychbury Ring Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 6.059 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Worcestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Halesowen Nearest Village: Pedmore
Map Ref: SO920818 Landranger Map Number: 139
Latitude: 52.434116N Longitude: 2.119097W
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Berger8 visited on 19th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 3

Marko visited on 9th Mar 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Appeared to be 3 ramparts and ditches running most of the way between the East and South West entances. Both entrances are inturned with the East one being a paticularly good example. Site also has approx 20+ yew trees growing both inside the fort and on its ramparts and in the ditches.

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**Wychbury Camp** submitted by Andy B : Wychbury Hill Fort - Southern Rampart The hill fort occupies a position on the end of the Clent Hills. It is very much hidden by the trees but would have views to other forts on the Malverns, Clee Hill and Dudley. Copyright John M and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Worcestershire

Wychbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort located on Wychbury Hill, near Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.

The fort measures 250 m from east to west and 150 m from north to south, covering an area of 2.93 ha. It has two sets of ramparts and ditches. The inner rampart is between 16 m and 20 m wide, rising up to 2.6 m in height, with the surrounding inner ditch 10 m wide and up to 1.7 m deep. The outer rampart is 10 m wide and up to 3 m in height, with the outer ditch being 10 m wide and up to 1.2 m deep. There are fortified entrances at the east and south west.

Small bronze rings, including an Iron Age terret, were found in the fort in 1884, and Roman coins and masonry have been found nearby, suggesting a possible site of a later Roman Villa. Investigations in 1924 reported a 5.5-acre annexe to the south and a nearby Iron Age field system, but no trace of either remain.

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