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Ruborough Camp

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is on an easterly spur from the main Quantock ridge, with steep natural slopes to the north and south-east. The fort is triangular in shape, with a single rampart and ditch (
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There was a tunnel, which has now been filed in, which gave the camp safe access to a nearby spring for water.
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It was common for ancient hill forts to be reused as pens for domesticated animals in the
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Ruborough Camp Somerset Historic Environment Record (Site no. 10228)
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period, and there is documentary evidence that Ruborough became a
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List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset
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Ruborough

Broomfield, Somerset
51°05′46″N 3°06′18″W / 51.09611°N 3.10500°W / 51.09611; -3.10500
Iron Age
Scheduled monument
Ruborough Camp is located in Somerset
Iron Age
hill fort
Quantock Hills
Broomfield
Somerset
Scheduled Ancient Monument
Heritage at Risk Register
hill fort
univallate
ha
Medieval
Saxon
Somerton
Plainsfield Camp
Dowsborough
Trendle Ring
List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset
Hillforts in Britain
Hillfort
"Ruborough Camp"
English Heritage
the original
"Ruborough Camp Hillfort"

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