Worlebury Hill

Worlebury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort occupying 10 hectares atop Worlebury Hill, overlooking Weston Bay and the Bristol Channel in North Somerset. Designated a scheduled monument since 1915, it features seven banks and ditches on its eastern ramparts, constructed with dry-stone walls and topped with wooden fencing. Excavations in 1851-52 and 1880-81 uncovered 93 stone-lined storage pits cut into bedrock, containing grain (barley, wheat, oats) along with human remains interpreted as ritual burials, pottery, and bone tools. The fort was likely built around 300 BC and abandoned shortly after the Roman invasion of 43 AD.