Berry Camp

Also known as:
Berry Cliff Camp
Nearest town:
Seaton (5km ENE)
OS reference:
SY188882
OS sheet:
192
Latitude:
50° 41' 13.87 N
Longitude:
3° 8' 58.6 W
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Image of Berry Camp (Hillfort) by juamei

Open Source Environment agency LIDAR

Image credit: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.
juamei
juamei Jan 28, 2016
Image of Berry Camp (Hillfort) by formicaant

What appears to be a round barrow in the hillfort interior.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 11/02/2008.
formicaant
formicaant Feb 11, 2008
Image of Berry Camp (Hillfort) by formicaant

Looking towards the coast at the ditch and bank.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 11/02/2008.
formicaant
formicaant Feb 11, 2008

Articles

Berry Camp

formicaant
formicaant Feb 11, 2008

There is a long, steep climb to get to this site whichever route you take. It is situated on sea cliffs between the river valley outlets of Branscombe Mouth and Weston Mouth. Also the cliff on which it sits falls sharply on the landward side. This would have been a very safe place to be for a short time, defending it would have been easy, attack a nightmare.
Sadly about half of it has already fallen into the sea and the erosion is carrying on all the time. It shows itself now as single a low bank and silted up ditch, used as grazing for cattle. The surrounding cliffs are a confusing mess of banks and ditches of old quarry sites.
This is worth a visit but you do need to be pretty fit (it nearly did for me) and I wouldn’t do it in the rain.

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