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<< Text Pages >> Clare Camp - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Suffolk

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Multi-periodSite Name: Clare Camp
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.754 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Suffolk Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: TL768458  Landranger Map Number: 155
Latitude: 52.082319N  Longitude: 0.578820E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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Ancient Settlement in Suffolk

MattRoon writes: Bivalate enclosure, at least in part, which must surely indicate some sort of defensive purpose.

Irregular quadrangular in plan, 250m E-W. 210m N-S. Earthwork consists of a double bank and ditch. In 1911 the bank on the N side was 9 feet high and on the SW side 6 feet high. Inner bank higher than the outer (S1). Interior has various lumps and depressions (S2)(S3). Now under grass (S1). Double banked earthwork enclosure, 7-8 acres, seen as cropmarks (S6, S7). Has been suggested that this is an IA hillfort, but as yet there is no evidence to confirm this. Source: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/Monument/MSF5964
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Re: Clare Camp by Andy B on Wednesday, 07 September 2022
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Clare is a small, ancient town on the River Stour. Its history is rich and varied, dating back to prehistory. But of particular interest is the enigmatic earthwork known as Clare Camp, a rare feature of Sacred Suffolk’s landscape.

Towards the north of the town sits Clare Camp, an elliptical earthwork enclosing an area of roughly 12 acres. Formerly named Erbury (which means ‘earthen fort’), it consists of a double-banked ditched enclosure, with ditch walls measuring up to 14 ft in places.

Clare Camp is essentially undated. It may be prehistoric (tools from across the stone age have been found in the vicinity); it may have Viking origins; but generally it is classified as an Iron Age fort (although not a hill fort.) It was certainly situated in a frontier location, originally on a spur surrounded by wetlands overlooking the Stour.

More at
https://secretsuffolk.com/clare-camp/
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