<< Our Photo Pages >> Camp Celtique de Bière - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Normandie:Orne (61)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Camp Celtique de BièreCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 4.002 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Argentan Nearest Village: Merri
Latitude: 48.833400N Longitude: 0.0537W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
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TheCaptain visited on 2nd May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 This is a massive fortified encampment which has been dated back to 4000 BC but with traces of habitation from long before that. The site generally consists of three enclosures on a headland well protected on three sides by steep sided gorges cut by a couple of small streams. The unprotected southern side has three ramparts of various size dates and condition protecting the camp the three ramparts not close together and separating the three enclosures.
It is thought the first encampment was built during the bronze age and was modified at a couple of different times during the Iron Age. The northern rectangular enclosure is the most heavily defended with massive drystone walls thrown up all around particularly at the southern end where the walling is up to 8 metres high. There is the remains of what was once perhaps an entrance through the wall and several of the significant stones used in facing the wall have fossilised trilobites and other marine creatures in them.
It is signposted from nearby and there is a parking area provided a few hundred metres walk to the site. It is now regularly studied and being restored and the enclosed area is now a nature reserve with little signed walks.
The site generally consists of three enclosures, on a headland well protected on three sides by steep sided gorges cut by a couple of small streams.
The unprotected southern side has three ramparts of various size, dates and condition protecting the camp, the three ramparts not close together, and separating the three enclosures. It is thought the first encampment was built during the bronze age, and was modified at a couple of different times during the Iron Age.
The northern rectangular enclosure is the most heavily defended, with massive drystone walls thrown up all around, particularly at the southern end, where the walling is up to 8 metres high. There is the remains of what was once perhaps an entrance through the wall, and several of the significant stones used in facing the wall have fossilised trilobites and other marine creatures in them.
It is signposted from nearby, and there is a parking area provided a few hundred metres walk to the site. It is now regularly studied and being restored, and the enclosed area is now a nature reserve, with little signed walks.
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