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Brackenbury Camp is a hillfort located in Gloucestershire, England. The site dates to the Iron Age and comprises a multivallate defensive enclosure with multiple banks and ditches characteristic of the period. The monument occupies a strategically elevated position that would have commanded views across the surrounding landscape, typical of Iron Age settlement hierarchy in the region. Such hillforts served as centres of economic, social, and defensive significance within Iron Age communities, though the specific chronology and phases of occupation at Brackenbury Camp remain subjects of archaeological study.
Brackenbury camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002133. View the official record →
Brackenbury Camp is a hillfort located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002133.
Brackenbury camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002133.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kingswood Abbey gate (2.8 km), Single-span bridge called Horse Bridge 260m WSW of Chase Hill House (6.2 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (6.5 km).
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