Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill rises to 299 m in Worcestershire, crowned by Kemerton Camp, an Iron Age hillfort enclosing 22 acres within double ramparts and ditches, with the inner defences dating to around 300 BC. Excavations in 1935-37 by Hencken uncovered the remains of some 50 slaughtered individuals near the inner gateway, along with six severed skulls that may have been mounted on poles as trophies. The massacre has been variously attributed to Belgic tribal warfare or the Roman invasion. Adjacent to the fort stands Parsons Folly, a mid-18th-century stone tower.