Southern slopes just below Conderton Camp. The lumps and bumps here may be natural. Down in the dip are a plethora of springs which must have kept the camp inhabitants well supplied with water.
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Southern end of Conderton Camp (the earthworks are not quite as pronounced at this end).
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Rampart along the western side of Conderton Camp, looking northwards.
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Northern section of Conderton Camp (looking east).
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Ramparts on the north-western corner of Conderton Camp, looking south.
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North-western edge of Conderton Camp, looking south (while a storm dumps its load on Cheltenham).
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Looking towards Conderton Camp from the slope just above it. The ridge of the Cotswolds in the distance contains several other hillforts such as Cleeve Cloud and Nottingham Hill. Presumably they could all see one another.
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Ramparts at the northern end of Conderton Camp.
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Two springs at the southern base of Conderton Camp; one piped and the other emerging from the roots of a thorn tree.
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Looking up towards Conderton Camp from the south side.
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Looking north across the two barrows. The tall hill in the distance is the Worcestershire Beacon, accompanied by the more modest peaks of Perseverance Hill and Jubilee Hill.
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Looking south over the deeply depressed barrow (British Camp hillfort just visible on the right).
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View of British Camp from neighbouring Pinnacle Hill.
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Crippets long barrow from the south. This is an infrared image – it’s not snow, it’s the effect of infrared light reflecting off grass and foliage.
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The western end of the Crippets barrow viewed from the adjacent woodland. This is an infrared image – it’s not snow, it’s the effect of infrared light reflecting off grass and foliage.
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Holey tree on the south side of Nottingham Hill, below the hillfort. The slopes below are full of lumps and bumps from quarrying.
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Cairn (of modern construction) on the highest point of Nottingham Hill. The distant Malvern Hills can be seen on the horizon.
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View from the top of Nottingham Hill looking south. The town in the middle distance is Cheltenham, with the Cotswold ridge behind.
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View of Cleeve Hill from the crest of next-door Nottingham Hill. In the centre is the escarpment known as Cleeve Cloud.
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Holes in the ground near the summit of Nottingham Hill, south side. It’s hard to tell how deep they are, and how much they are the result of ancient stone quarrying or natural landslip and animal burrows ... but they’re quite evocative. The trees growing beside them are elder.
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On the south edge of the hillfort is a glade of hollow trees growing among the lumps and bumps of ancient quarries. In the middle distance on the left is Churchdown Hill.
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