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Bigbury Camp

Hillfort

Nearest Town:Canterbury (3km E)
OS Ref (GB):   TR116576 / Sheet: 179
Latitude:51° 16' 39.47" N
Longitude:   1° 2' 3.45" E

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This camp is right next to the farm where I go hop picking every year.. Not a great deal to see here, but an intense atmosphere, especially in the mist.. the pilgrims way runs right past here, probably an important route way back into pre christian times. If you carry on along the path towards canterbury you'll find a community orchard full of stunning old apple trees, one of the last of its kind in kent. Posted by HopHead
13th September 2008ce

Visited on 26th October 2003. It's easy to find on foot as the well marked North Downs Way runs right through the middle of this site. Despite being heavily wooded the banks and ditches are quite visible in places, especially on the west- facing side. This site is a short drive from Julieberries Grave, which is also just off the A28 Canterbury-Ashford road.

If you join the North Downs Way in or before the village of Chartham Hatch the path takes you through a lovely apple orchard.
Posted by Lottie
30th October 2003ce

Mentioned in Dyer's "Discovering Prehistoric England" as "a late Iron Age, univallate hillfort of irregular shape and about 10 hectares in extent" .

We drove right by it, according to the map, but couldn't see much at all through the trees.
ocifant Posted by ocifant
25th May 2003ce