Banwell Camp

Banwell Camp
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Also known as: Banwell Camp: a large multivallate hillfort on Banwell Plain

Banwell Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the North Somerset district of Somerset [1]. The hill fort is situated approximately 1.6 miles east from the Village of Banwell [1]. In places it is surrounded by a 4 metres high bank and ditch [1]. In the late 1950s it was excavated by J.W. Hunt of the Banwell Society of Archaeology [1].

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TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.3271° N, 2.8489° W

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