Capler Camp
Encyclopedia
Capler Camp is an Iron Age
hill fort
located 2.5 km south of Fownhope
, Herefordshire
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British Iron Age
The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron-Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, and which had an independent Iron Age culture of...
hill fort
Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
located 2.5 km south of Fownhope
Fownhope
Fownhope is a village in Herefordshire, England, an area of outstanding natural beauty on the banks of the River Wye.The village has a church, primary school, two pubs, two hotels, a fitness/leisure centre, butcher's, forge and a hairdresser's...
, Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
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Further reading
- Children, G; Nash, G (1994) Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire Logaston Press ISBN 1873827091