A Mendip archaeo-classic

23rd August: Dolebury Camp. NGR ST 4500 5895

The hill fort is dated to the Iron Age and is bivallate on three sides but here on the south side there is a single rampart protected by the steep slope.

Heading up the eastern rampart. There are extensive views from the top of the rampart.

The original entrance is suggested to be from the west side. The ramparts define an interior c.20 acres. There are a number of pillow mounds (medieval rabbit warrens) that overlie a pre-Medieval field system.

Author: mendipgeoarch

Archaeologist, geologist, speleologist.