Stokeleigh Camp

Stokeleigh Camp is an Iron Age promontory fort in Leigh Woods North Somerset near Bristol [1]. Stokeleigh Camp is situated on a promontory, and occupies around 7.5 acres [1]. It was protected by the Avon Gorge to the north and east, by the steeply sloping Nightingale Valley on the south and by three ramparts which increase in size as they move inwards towards the central plateau, with the innermost vallum being over 30 feet high [1]. Stokeleigh Camp is thought to have been occupied from the late pre-Roman Iron Age, when it was in the area controlled by the Dobunni [1]. Archaeological investigations suggest during the 1st century Belgae tribes may have been present with some of the pottery showing the influence of the Durotriges [1]. In addition to the pottery recovered a possible coin of Gallienus dating from his reign between 253 and 268 has been recovered [1]. An iron-involuted brooch of the La Tène II type has also been found [1].