Kingsdown Camp

Also known as: Kingsdown camp, Mells Down

Kingsdown Camp is an Iron Age hillfort at Buckland Dinham 4.5 kilometres South East of Radstock, Somerset [1]. It is a Scheduled Monument [1]. It is a univallate hillfort with an area of 0.15 hectares, and is approximately quadrilateral in shape [1]. In the Iron Age or Roman period a drystone wall was constructed, possibly 4 metres high and 2.5 metres wide [1]. There is an entrance on the northeast side [1]. The fort continued to be used by the Romans [1].

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TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.2643° N, 2.4033° W

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