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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cheltenham  Nearest Village: Southam
Map Ref: SO98492546  Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.927654N  Longitude: 2.023367W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
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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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TheCaptain visited on 14th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Walk all around the ramparts of what is left of this hillfort, much of the western side of which has been quarried away. Fabulous views over Cheltenham.

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Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton : Cleeve Hill - Hillfort. Kite Aerial Photograph, 29 March 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Gloucestershire

A golf course has impinged upon the fort so beware of flying balls!
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Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton : Cleeve Hill Camp - Hillfort. from the Northwest showing how the banks currently end at the edge of the cotswold escarpment Kite Aerial Photograph, 29 March 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by camperman : Aerial view looking west showing where the golf course has impinged on the bank and ditches. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by camperman : Cleeve Hill Camp, bivallate, plateau hillfort on the edge of the Cotswold scarp. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton : Cleeve Hill Camp - Hillfort. Northern ends of the banks currently end at the edge of the cotswold escarpment, there is some argument as to how much these have been quarried away. Kite Aerial Photograph, 29 March 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : View southwest from the quarried cliff edge, along the Cotswold Edge and over Cheltenham

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : The northern end of the ramparts where they drop over the cliff edge. Malvern Hills in the distance.

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : The northern section of ramparts

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : The northeastern ramparts

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : The southern end of the ramparts where they drop over the cliff edge. Fabulous views south along the Cotswold Edge and outskirts of Cheltenham

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by TheCaptain : Approaching from the south along the Cotswold Way

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by drolaf : Cleeve Hill Camp, showing the golf green built into the camp bank.

Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by drolaf : Cleeve Hill/Nutterswood Hill Camp. from the north.

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Re: Cleeve Hill by drolaf on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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The hill camp is on the southern edge of Cleeve common.
From Cleeve hill you can see sw across the Severn to the Black mountains (77miles), nw to the Malverns, and south to Painswick beacon , and the Severn bridge, and up the Evesham valley. On a very clear day you can see Winsford Hill on Exmoor (90miles).
There is a dewpond on top of the common, possibly a water source in prehistory.

It’s a shame the golf course has been allowed to put a green on the Hillcamp bank.
Cleeve common is privately owned and managed by the Board of Conservators, representatives appointed by Cheltenham Borough Council and the Parish Councils. So if you are local you might get a say in what happens on this land.
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Cleeve Common web site with news, information and what's ons by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 December 2011
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Cleeve Common web site with news, information and what's ons
http://www.cleevecommon.org.uk/
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Turf damage repaired at Cleeve Hill Camp by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 December 2011
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Archaeologists have stepped in to save an ancient iron age monument on Cleeve Common.

The historic hill fort located on the edge of the scarp on the common had been eroded by the thousands of walkers who use the beauty spot.

Part of the turf had come away to expose the soil underneath, putting the scheduled monument at risk.

But archaeologists from Gloucestershire County Council were called in and with funding from Natural England, the damage was repaired.

Conservation officer for Cleeve Common, Ellie Phillips, said: "It is a scheduled monument and as such is protected by law from damage because it is such an important site. We have so many people using the common and this is what led to the erosion of the hill fort on one side."

The hilltop area is made up of open grassland used for recreation, including the golf course and gallops.

County archaeologist Jan Wills said the Cleeve Hill site would have been occupied during the iron age between 400BC up the Roman occupation in 43AD.

She said: "It is a very important settlement site. Physically it is an area of high ground on the top of the common.

"There are sites like this along the Cotswold escarpment, including one at Crickley Hill.

"The problem is they are well used by people and this problem was caused just by the footfall."

She added: "Once that has eroded, it is very susceptible to further damage from rain or ice in the winter." Under the guidance of the county council's archaeologist Andrew Armstrong, they made a record of what was exposed under the earth.

Staff from the council's estates team, led by Alan Watson, were called in to lay soil and turf and then a wire mesh was laid over the top to keep the earthworks in place.

Jan said: "This is a nationally important archaeological site and one of only 500 across the county that has this special protection."

The common is of national importance for the quality of its landscape, geology, archaeology, nature conservation and scientific interest.

It is the largest area of unimproved limestone grassland in Gloucestershire. Almost all of it is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which means it is overseen by Natural England.

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Re: Cleeve Hill by coldrum on Monday, 30 August 2010
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Pastscape site entry:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=117630
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