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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 8775

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Icomb Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.573 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chipping Norton  Nearest Village: Icomb
Map Ref: SP20352315  Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.906520N  Longitude: 1.705602W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 5 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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4clydesdale7 visited on 8th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Superb views - earthworks difficult to make out - lots of interesting sites in the area

Icomb Camp
Icomb Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking SSE towards Westcote and Burford. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort & Causewayed Enclosure in Gloucestershire

This elongated oval enclosure sits at the highest point of Icomb Hill about 2 miles SE of Stow on the Wold and Maugersbury. Its existence was first mentioned in TR Nash's History of Worcestershire Vol 2 p 2 and Britton and Brayley's Beauties of England 1803 Vol 5 p 646 but the reputable G Witts in his epic Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester 1883 (Camp 55) started expressions of doubt by stating 'the earthworks are so slight that some doubt has been expressed as to the existence of any fortified position here' and later 'but the bank has been partly destroyed by the effects of cultivation'. EH on its pastscape website Gloucestershire: Cotswold: Icomb: Monument 332646 can only confirm its existence from cropmarks but then the Ordnance Survey has always shown earthworks here.

Strategically its position makes good sense (and there is a TV/telephone relay station just NW of the hill's trig point) commanding the Fosseway just about 500m to the West and the Evenlode Valley to the East with a superb panorama to the SSE towards Burford and NNW to Stow on the Wold. There is very sparse evidence of any earthworks because of farming operations over hundreds of years.

The camp is worth a visit just for the views alone - then you appreciate that there would have been nowhere more suitable locally for a Camp.
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Icomb Camp
Icomb Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Inner Camp from the NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Icomb Camp
Icomb Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking NNW towards Stow on the Wold. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Icomb Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 09 April 2012
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Map Reference SP20352315; Condition = 2; Ambience = 4; Access = 5, you can drive through the camp;
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Re: Icomb Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 09 April 2012
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This elongated oval enclosure sits at the highest point of Icomb Hill about 2 miles SE of Stow on the Wold and Maugersbury - its existence was first mentioned in TR Nash's History of Worcestershire Vol 2 p 2 and Britton and Brayley's Beauties of England 1803 Vol 5 p 646 but the reputable G Witts in his epic Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester 1883 (Camp 55) started expressions of doubt by stating 'the earthworks are so slight that some doubt has been expressed as to the existence of any fortified position here' and later 'but the bank has been partly destroyed by the effects of cultivation' - EH on its pastscape website Gloucestershire: Cotswold: Icomb: Monument 332646 can only confirm its existence from cropmarks but then the Ordnance Survey has always shown earthworks here

Strategically its position makes good sense (and there is a TV/telephone relay station just NW of the hill's trig point) commanding the Fosseway just about 500m to the West and the Evenlode Valley to the East with a superb panorama to the SSE towards Burford and NNW to Stow on the Wold - there is very sparse evidence of any earthworks because of farming operations over hundreds of years

The camp is worth a visit just for the views alone - then you appreciate that there would have been nowhere more suitable locally for a Camp
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    Re: Icomb Camp by h_fenton on Monday, 09 April 2012
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    is there any earthworks visible here on the ground today?
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      Re: Icomb Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 10 April 2012
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      'h' - I would love to see one of your kite shots of this camp - the camp is currently 1ft under a new crop - I spent some time wandering all over the Camp - sometimes I saw what might be a slight earthwork but I am worried that I saw this 'because I wanted to' - there are slight alterations of level underfoot along the NW side and 'round' the NE point where they seem to return on the opposite side of the hill - I think you would need a low setting (for the NE corner) and rising (for the long NW line) autumnal sun (when the crop has been taken) - hope this helps - 'J'
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        Re: Icomb Camp by h_fenton on Tuesday, 10 April 2012
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        Well if you look on some of the Old Ordnance survey maps (find them at http://www.old-maps.co.uk) you will see how the OS defined the camp then compare to google earth and you will see some of the camp visible as cropmarks, see 1999 data for north/north east section, then see 2003,2004, 4/2005, 2006 for other areas.

        It is better with the low sun and the crop growing, as I found last August at harvest time. I'm having trouble processing some of my oblique crop mark images into verticals.
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          Re: Icomb Camp by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 10 April 2012
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          I used the 1885/1922 1:2500 OS maps to plan my foray - they perhaps more fairly represent what should be searched for on a site visit - but I have to agree with Witts 1885 and pastscape 2012 there is but sparse evidence 'on the ground' - I have no wish to build up your hopes - I do think however that you have a better chance with your kite than I do with my 6'2'' diminishing height!
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