Holkham Camp

Holkham Camp
Nigel Stickells · CC BY-SA 2.0

Holkham Camp is an Iron Age fort in Norfolk, England, an irregular oval earthwork enclosing approximately 2.5 hectares on a sand and gravel spit within the Holkham National Nature Reserve. Its eastern side features a single rampart and ditch with a counterscarp bank, while the western side is protected by a natural 3-metre scarp. Surface finds include Mesolithic flint blades, Neolithic worked flints, and possible Iron Age pottery sherds. The site is significant as one of two Norfolk forts matching the Roman historian Tacitus's description of a location where forces under Ostorius Scapula defeated rebellious Iceni tribespeople in 47 AD. Designated a Scheduled Monument in 1924, it remains unexcavated.

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates52.9673° N, 0.7913° E

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