Welshbury Hillfort

 archaeological site, hillfort, scheduled ancient monument

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The monument includes a univallate hillfort, subsequently strengthened by the provision of extra ramparts on the southern and western sides, an earlier field system associated with an area of unenclosed settlement and a cairn situated on a narrow spur overlooking the Flaxley valley on the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean. There are sharp slopes on the eastern and northern sides of the hillfort but the gradient is much more gentle on the southern and western approaches. The hillfort has been superimposed over an earlier field system comprising lynchets, some of which stand 4m-5m in height, which define both square and rectangular fields. At the north the field system has been truncated by the hillfort, although the lynchets can still be traced on the berms separating the hillfort ramparts. A cluster of platforms lie within the field system and probably represent an area of unenclosed settlement associated with the pre-hillfort phase.

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