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Stokeleigh Camp is a promontory fort situated within Leigh Woods near Bristol in Somerset, England. The site occupies a naturally defensible headland position overlooking the Avon Gorge and dates to the Iron Age, representing a significant prehistoric fortified settlement in the region. The camp is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising banks and ditches that cut across the promontory, creating an enclosed defensive perimeter on what would have served as a strategic location commanding views across the surrounding landscape. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Bristol area.
Stokeleigh Camp: a promontory fort in Leigh Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008113. View the official record →
Stokeleigh Camp is a promontory fort situated within Leigh Woods near Bristol in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008113.
Stokeleigh Camp: a promontory fort in Leigh Woods 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 1008113.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Littleton gunpowder works at Powdermill Farm (9 km), Two confluent bowl barrows on Felton Hill (9.4 km), Decoy Control Building (9.5 km).
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Stokeleigh Camp: a promontory fort in Leigh Woods stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.