British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of Herefordshire Beacon in the Malvern Hills. The hill fort is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is owned and maintained by Malvern
British Camp (left)
The northern extension of British Camp
3D view of the digital terrain model
A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late European Bronze Age and Iron Age. Some were
British Camp
…British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of Herefordshire Beacon in the Malvern Hills. The hill fort is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is owned and maintained…
Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940).
The ramparts of the multivallate British Camp in Herefordshire
A lidar view of Camp Knowe Iron Age Hillfort in Northumberland.
Exterior view of the Ringfort Grianan of Aileach situated in County Donegal