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Submitted by vicky on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 14368

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Honington Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.213 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lincolnshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SK954424  Landranger Map Number: 130
Latitude: 52.970479N  Longitude: 0.58088W
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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
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
4

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darrenmparr visited on 3rd Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Owing to a knee injury, I haven't walked very far in months which is probably why I found the walk a bit strenuous. It is a short walk of about a mile and a half (maximum), first along level tracks then across agricultural land (on a public bridleway). Anyone used to walking will find it easy on the route I took. I parked my car on a slip road behind RAF Barkston Heath - avoid parking in the emergency access points though! Take waterproofs as there is no shelter on this route. The camp/hill fort is well worth making an effort to visit.

Honington Camp
Honington Camp submitted by darrenmparr : Approaching the Camp from the east-south-east. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Iron Age Hillfort in Lincolnshire

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Honington Camp
Honington Camp submitted by darrenmparr : Animal trail between the inner and outer walls of Honington Camp (Vote or comment on this photo)

Honington Camp
Honington Camp submitted by darrenmparr : The inner grounds of Honington Camp. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Honington Camp
Honington Camp submitted by darrenmparr : These hawthorn trees provide an avenue of shade on one side of the camp, growing from the tops of the dyke walls. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK9542 : Honington Camp hill fort by Tim Heaton
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SK9542 : Ditch at Iron Age camp, Honington Heath by Jonathan Thacker
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SK9542 : Sheep fortifications: Honington Camp by Chris
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SK9542 : Sheep at the lookout post at Honington Camp by Chris
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SK9542 : Fortified sheep field: Honington Camp by Chris
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Thursday, 25 March 2021
Was up at the camp today ... fantastic views and a beautiful day
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Monday, 15 February 2021
Was up there recently and met a woman who informed me it was the start of the Celtic Spring being the first of Feb and that the site had some special meaning to her hence her visit!
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Well worth a visit ... I go regularly and it is a humbling experience and for some there is real sense of connection with the place snd the history it contains. A special place!
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Sunday, 05 February 2017
Second visit to the fort. Very misty. Looks rather neglected. Easy access into fort as fence down. Only a few trees (hawthorn?). Looks like landowner has been cutting. There are no signs or information. Worth a visit, considering its age and historical significance.
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Re: Honington Camp by darrenmparr on Wednesday, 03 October 2012
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I visited the camp earlier today as part of a research trip for another nearby feature, the head of the River Slea. This waterway is the nearest one to the camp, taking a mere 5 minutes to reach it (with permission to cross the land of course). I'd hate to think what an arduous task fetching water must have been back in that dim and distant future, especially for the first hardy souls to create the camp since much of the area will more than likely have contained great forested areas.

My approach to the hill fort came from Ermine Street, the former Roman road. Passing the RAF station with the airfield on my right, there is a lane (Heath Lane) which runs from Ermine Street and alongside the runways for about a mile. Road traffic can continue to the left after a mile or so, onwards to Belton, whereas if one ventures straight on along the unclassified track, a bridleway will take you to the hill fort from the south-east.

Although the camp is skirted by visible civilisation today, I still perceived a sense of the bleakness that earlier residents must have felt atop that lonely perch. Rain clouds were clearly visible, looming in the near distance and the wind was of the lazy variety - choosing to pass through, not around me.

Entry to to the camp was gained via an unlocked gate, one which I took advantage of, of course - there were no "Keep Out" signs on this occasion. Once inside and in the midst of the fort, I found it a humbling experience to walk in the footsteps of those who have passed these defences many, many years before me. The channels between the inner and outer walled defences are lined with hawthorn trees and these kept the wind at bay. Thus walking through here was silent save for the cawing of a distant crow.

Standing on one of the defence walls, one can see for miles, the countryside of rural Lincolnshire stretching in most directions. Unfortunately, the south-westerly aspect is obstructed by rising lands. What views would earlier settlers have pondered over, just here?

Although I set out to find the mouth of a waterway I am currently researching, "finding" the hill fort made the trek out here much more interesting. If anybody else is contemplating a visit, I would heartily recommend it.
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Took my kids up there today and it was lovely with great views. Shame the farmer has put a sign up denying access to the fort itself which had a flock of sheep on it.
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Re: Honington Camp by Anonymous on Wednesday, 30 November 2005

ive lived here for fourty years and paid my first visit to the fort today FANTASTIC I WILL RETURN SOON.
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Re: Honington Camp by biffvernon on Saturday, 11 October 2003
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I've posted a pic of Honington Camp at www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/ancaster.htm
Honington Fort is best approached from the A153. Stop at the turning to Honington village and walk up the hill following the track marked as a public footpath. There are no brown tourist signs or explanatory notice boards to indicate you are approaching Lincolnshire's most significant pre-Roman Ancient Monument. And, perhaps consequently, you are unlikely to meet another visitor.
The fort comprises a flat area, strangely asymmetrical but not far off an oval or rectangle, about 100 yards in length and 60 yards across. It is surrounded by a bank, a deep ditch, a second, large bank, another ditch and a third, smaller, bank. Perched atop the limestone escarpment, there are wide views to the fens and sea in the east and across the Trent valley in the west. Ermine street runs a mile off and its position far to the north-west where it forded the Trent at Littleborough is marked by the cooling towers of Cottam power station on the distant horizon. While the ancient Britons new nothing of electricity generation they may have had the road. It is likely that Ermine Street follows the course of an earlier trackway. Now the embankments protect a beautiful limestone meadow from agricultural encroachment.
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