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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 Page Views: 7929

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Trewsbury Camp Alternative Name: Trewsbury Fort
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cirencester Nearest Village: Coates
Map Ref: ST98109980
Latitude: 51.696944N Longitude: 2.02889W
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4clydesdale7 visited on 26th Dec 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Nice parkland setting just off the Fosse Way SW of Cirencester

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**Trewsbury Camp** submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Inner E bank and ditch from the SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Gloucestershire. Situated about 0.5km NW of Akeman Street which is part of the Fosse Way, some 6km SW of the Roman City of Corinium (Cirencester) this Hillfort is said to be one of two Iron Age or Roman Forts protecting the SW approaches to Cirencester from Bath (the second being at Hocbury presumed to be near Rodmarton a little further west).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Trewsbury Camp has no right of public access, although the camp is visible from the nearby public footpaths.

Although often said to be of Roman origin it does not have the usual rectangular shape. It may be a Roman adaptation of an earlier fortified camp which theory may be supported by the inner and outer banks and ditches which remain in the SW, S and E today. At certain points the two banks are upwards of 50m apart. Such earthworks as may have existed to the NW above a low scarp were obliterated by the building of the now defunct Thames and Severn Canal (more famously known for the Sapperton Tunnel to the NW) and above a long slope to the N by the building of a substantial Victorian house with stables in 1876. Parts of the southerly earthworks are interspersed by more modern building - the existing earthworks are quite striking, the inner bank being 7m wide and 1 m high with a 9m wide ditch that is up to 1.5m deep; the outer bank at certain points can reach 3.5m high with an equally deep wide ditch. The enclosed area is about 6 hectares (about 15 acres).

Just outside the earthworks to the SW is the spring which is the source of the Thames called Thames Head.

The Camp is mentioned in:-
(a) Fosbrokes History of Gloucestershire Vol.1 p8
(b) Rudders History of Gloucestershire p392
(c) G.Witts Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire 1883 Camp No.103
(d) G.F.Playne's Papers entitled Ancient Camps of Gloucestershire to the Cotteswolde Naturalists Field Club - Camp No.33 - Vol.3 p.124 & Vol.6 p.215
(e) A.H.A. Hogg British Hillforts 1979 and
(f) the pastscape website Monument 212751 Gloucestershire: Cotswolds: Coates

Reputedly 'Trewsbury' means 'Camp in the Brush-wood'. Edward IV is said to have camped here and then moved on with his troops to Sodbury Camp (to the west) just before the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 during the War of the Roses.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Trewsbury Camp has no right of public access, although the camp is visible from the nearby public footpaths.
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