| Clatworthy Camp | |
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| Location | Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°04′28″N 3°22′02″W / 51.07444°N 3.36722°W |
| Area | 5.8 hectares (14 acres) |
| Built | Iron Age |
| Reference no. | 188442[1] |
  Location of Clatworthy Camp in Somerset | |
Clatworthy Camp is an Iron Age hill fort 3 miles (4.8 km) North West of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an Ancient Monument.[1] Due to the vulnerability to scrub and tree growth it has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register.[2]
The history of the site is unclear but appears to have been used between the Bronze and Iron Ages.[3] It is situated on a promontory of the Brendon Hills above Clatworthy Reservoir. It is roughly triangular in shape with an area of 5.8 hectares (14 acres). It has a single bank and ditch, cut through solid rock. There may have been an entrance on the west and two on the east.[4][5] The interior has postholes from timber or stone houses and some storage pits.[3]
In 2014 and 2015 Wessex Water undertook tree clearance and the removal of bracken from the site without disturbing badger setts and potential bat roosts. Information boards about the local wildlife were also installed.[6]
- ^ a b "Clatworthy Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Clatworthy hillfort, Clatworthy - West Somerset". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Clatworthy hillfort". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Clatworthy Camp". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ Rothwell, Henry. "Clatworthy Camp, Clatworthy, Somerset". Digital Digging. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Cutting at Clatworthy". Wessex Water. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.