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Sunset at Pentre Ifan looking due West towards Newport.
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Early morning sun catches the defences of British Camp. The view is to Worcestershire Beacon and the northern Malvern Hills with the Severn Plain on the right.
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Looking Eastwards towards Cader Idris and Dolgellau
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View from the Western side of British Camp looking south to Midsummer Hill.
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A hastily snapped view of the mound from M5 Motorway (Junction 7/A44) .
The junction is also named ‘Crookbarrow’ after the mound.
Note Malvern Hills range on the far left.
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A hastily snapped view of the mound from M5 Motorway (Junction 7/A44) .
The junction is also named ‘Crookbarrow’ after the mound.
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A telescopic view of the northern slopes of the Beacon, looking South from The Chase.
Note human figures walking to and from the summit, lending some idea of the gigantic scale of the earthwork.
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British Camp’s defences rise behind the roofs of the neighbouring village of Colwall.
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The Colwall Stone, looking East – South -East
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Bredon Hill viewed to the East from Perseverance Hill on the Malverns.
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Shire Ditch (visible to the middle-left of the picture) southwards from Pinnacle Hill.
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Along Shire Ditch on the summit of Pinnacle Hill, one may find two nameless tumuli, side by side. They are possible Bronze Age burial mounds and listed as scheduled ancient monuments.
This view shows the southernmost of the two tumuli in the foreground. They are quite small, and have a definite ‘robbed’ appearance as can be seen here.
It’s partner can be seen directly behind to the North.
The site lies along a footpath and is trampled daily, often unseen.
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Early morning looking southwards (viewed from Pinnacle Hill). The distinctive clump of trees on May Hill are visible in the distance
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Five tumuli are just visible along the dark silhouettes of the hills. The Whimble to the left of the scene, and Bache Hill (Badlands) to the right.
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Looking Eastwards up the valley towards Dolgellau, the stone’s profile is much slimmer than the frontal/Southern aspect which faces the mountains.
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I’m not trying to convince anyone, yet it was amusing to notice that the top of this largest northern stone in the great circle closely resembles the shape of Maes Knoll’s ‘tump’ on the horizon.
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Quite a striking simulacra with the top of this stone and Maes Knoll’s skyline (See artistic interpretation below)
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Looking southwards at midday it is quite easy to distinguish the snaking progress of the Shire Ditch. The inverted image picks out the earthwork quite well along the left/east ridges of these mid-Malvern hilltops.
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British Camp viewed from Marl Bank on the eastern side of the Malverns.
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The western ‘cliff-edge’ of Kemerton Camp now sports a more modern, but not SO modern drystone wall.
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The tower known as ‘Parson’s Folly’ looks out Westwards towards the Malvern Hills and is sited upon the highest bank of the fort.
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The inturned banks form a wide entrance on the S/E corner of the enclosure.
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Looking South along Shire Ditch from the edge of Millennium Hill
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South Western ditch on Midsummer Hill looking over Raggedstone Hill.
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South-East bank and ditch, giving some impression of the still-impressive scale.
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View NW towards South Shropshire from the Western slopes of British Camp. Titterstone Clee and Brown Clee are visible on the horizon.
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Shire Ditch (centre, by running figure) at the Southern end of British Camp Hillfort. This (possible) Bronze Age boundary earthwork heads off towards Midsummer Hill*
*Note Kemerton Camp on Bredon Hill, rising above the mist.
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Western slopes and summit of Bredon peeking through mist on the horizon. This viewpoint is from Millennium Hill, British Camp.
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The (between 1000 and 2000) original inhabitants of British Camp would have been sorely tested in the winter. It is conjectured that they lived in the surrounding valleys during these cold months.
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View towards the mid-Malverns from British Camp. Note Shire Ditch running centrally along the facing hilltops.
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Looking down over Midsummer Hill from above Shire Ditch, on the southernmost point of British Camp. November 20th 2005.
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The ditches and banks of the hill fort harbour frost in the early morning November mists.
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