Buckspool Camp

Nearest town:
Pembroke (9km NNE)
OS reference:
SR95439340
OS sheet:
158
Latitude:
51° 36' 6.12 N
Longitude:
4° 57' 15.54 W
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Images

Image of Buckspool Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

The fort from the west, showing the precarious nature of the underlying cliff.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.3.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 21, 2014
Image of Buckspool Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

Looking west. There are two further cliff forts in this stretch of coast, but both are hidden behind Mewsford Point.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.3.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 21, 2014
Image of Buckspool Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

This alarming hole, open to the sea below, is inside the camp itself. Even more alarming when you realise that the whole site is supported by an arch rather than a solid cliff.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.3.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 21, 2014
Image of Buckspool Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

The ditches have been scooped out of the rock of the headland, with the resulting upcast stone used to form the banks.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.3.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 21, 2014
Image of Buckspool Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

The stone construction of the central of the three banks, with the low outer rampart beyond, arcing across the left of the shot.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.3.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 21, 2014

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