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Camp S of Bespidge Wood is a prehistoric earthwork located near Sudeley in Gloucestershire. The monument consists of an enclosed settlement or defensive work, defined by its characteristic ditched and banked perimeter. The site dates to the Iron Age, representing settlement activity during the later prehistoric period in the Cotswolds region. Such enclosed camps served residential and possibly defensive functions during this period of British prehistory.
Camp S of Bespidge Wood, near Sudeley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004838. View the official record →
Camp S of Bespidge Wood is a prehistoric earthwork located near Sudeley in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004838.
Camp S of Bespidge Wood, near Sudeley 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 1004838.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hazleton long barrows, north and south (6 km), Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound (7.6 km), Foxcote Grove bowl barrow (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp S of Bespidge Wood, near Sudeley's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Camp S of Bespidge Wood, near Sudeley stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.