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Lansdown camp is a hillfort located in Somerset, England, situated on high ground in the Mendip region. The site dates to the Iron Age and comprises a substantial univallate or bivallate defensive earthwork consisting of a ditch and bank arrangement typical of prehistoric fortified settlements in the south-west of England. The camp would have served as a territorial stronghold and settlement centre for an Iron Age community, affording commanding views across the surrounding landscape and strategic defensive advantages. The monument survives today as an upstanding earthwork, though like many hillforts of its age it has been subject to natural erosion and post-Roman land use over two millennia.
Lansdown camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002482. View the official record →
Lansdown camp is a hillfort located in Somerset, England, situated on high ground in the Mendip region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002482.
Lansdown 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 1002482.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bath City Walls (5.7 km), The Roman Baths and site of Roman town, Bath (5.7 km), The Eastgate, Bath (5.8 km).
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