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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Vespasian's Camp Alternative Name: Vespasians CampCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Amesbury
Map Ref: SU14594173
Latitude: 51.174624N Longitude: 1.792677W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The hillfort occupies a strong defensive position on a prominent spur immediately above a meander of the River Avon west of Amesbury Park.
The hillfort is 730m in overall length from north-south and 374m wide at the southern end, narrowing to 100m wide at the northern end. An area of c.15ha is enclosed by a bank up to 40m wide and ditch up to 10m wide on the north and south east sides and on most of the west side. The bank is most substantial on the west side, standing up to 6.5m above the ditch bottom and there is a low counterscarp bank up to 18m wide on the outside of the ditch, giving a maximum overall width of 68m to the hillfort's defences. Where there is no bank and ditch, defence is provided by a scarp, either natural in origin or engineered.
There are two original entrances, one on the north and the other probably to the south east, just north of the point where Stonehenge Road cuts through the camp. Some landscaping in the 18th century has modified the natural defences along the southern half of the east side of the fort.
Note: BBC 'Flying Archaeologist' documentaries including one on Stonehenge / Amesbury, Friday 19th April BBC1 at 7.30pm, online and from 1st May on BBC4
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