The Hillforts of Somerset

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Moving on from the last 3 episodes around Wiltshire we're now heading west & through Somerset, and in a landscape that was once partially underwater, the elevated places are especially significant.

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Historicengland.org.uk. (2025). Stokeleigh Camp: a promontory fort in Leigh Woods, Long Ashton - 1008113 | Historic England. [online] Available at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listin....

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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Maes Knoll Camp. [online] Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/recor...

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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Cadbury Camp, Tickenham. [online] Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/recor...

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Papworth, M. (2011). The Search for the Durotriges. History Press (SC).


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Bowden, M. (2019). Archaeological Survey & Investigation Worlebury hillfort and the linear earthworks to its east, Weston- super-Mare, North Somerset. Research Report Series no. 93/2019.

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