<< Our Photo Pages >> Burwalls Camp - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Somerset
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Burwalls Camp Alternative Name: Burgh Walls, Borough Walls, Bowre WallsCountry: England
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County: Somerset Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Bristol Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: ST562730
Latitude: 51.454276N Longitude: 2.631752W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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TheCaptain visited on 28th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls. The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.
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Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls.
The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.
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