Norton Camp
United Kingdom /
England /
Taunton /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Taunton
World / United Kingdom / Wales
archaeological site, hillfort, scheduled ancient monument, bronze age
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
Norton Camp large univallate hillfort.
The monument includes a large univallate hillfort on a shallow knoll in an undulating lowland vale.
The interior of the fort is approached by three hollow ways up to 6m deep, from the WSW, north, and south east, ending a short way inside the ramparts. That from the WSW is broadest and deepest, and divides into two below the rampart.
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Norton Camp large univallate hillfort.
The monument includes a large univallate hillfort on a shallow knoll in an undulating lowland vale.
The interior of the fort is approached by three hollow ways up to 6m deep, from the WSW, north, and south east, ending a short way inside the ramparts. That from the WSW is broadest and deepest, and divides into two below the rampart.
list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1008...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Camp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°1'50"N 3°8'51"W
- Brent Knoll 29 km
- Brean Down 34 km
- Cefn Bryn (Ridge Hill) 98 km
- Offa's Dyke 137 km
- Offa's Dyke 140 km
- Offa's Dyke 141 km
- Offa's Dyke 143 km
- Offa's Dyke 146 km
- Offa's Dyke 156 km
- Offa's Dyke 161 km
- Taunton Trading Estate 0.8 km
- Norton Manor Camp/40 Commando Base 1.1 km
- Taunton Vale Sports Club 2.1 km
- Taunton School 2.3 km
- Taunton School Playing Fields 2.4 km
- Musgrove Park Hospital 2.8 km
- King's Hall School 3.4 km
- Priorswood and Crown Industrial Estates 4.4 km
- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 5 km
- Somerset 17 km