Black Ball Camp

Black Ball Camp
Barbara Cook · CC BY-SA 2.0

Black Ball Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located on the northern summit of Gallox Hill, south-west of Dunster in Somerset, England[1]. The fortified site features a 3-metre-high rampart and a 2-metre-deep ditch, indicating substantial defensive architecture from the period[1][2]. It is a Scheduled Monument and is also known as British Camp, with possible associations to Bat's Castle[1]. At the beginning of the 20th century, foundations of a stone tower were visible on the site, though these are no longer present[2].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.1743° N, 3.4538° W

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