Dowsborough

Dowsborough Camp
Seen from just north of Nether Stowey.
Locationnear Nether Stowey
RegionSomerset, England
Coordinates51°8′43.56″N 3°12′5.42″W / 51.1454333°N 3.2015056°W / 51.1454333; -3.2015056
TypeHill fort
History
PeriodsIron Age
Site notes
Conditionsome damage
Official nameDowsborough hillfort and associated round barrow
Designated19 December 1929
Reference no.1010494

Dowsborough Camp (or Danesborough or Dawesbury) is an Iron Age hill fort on the Quantock Hills near Nether Stowey in Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Monument.[1][2] The fort and associated round barrow has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register due to vulnerability to vehicle damage and erosion.[3]

View north from the summit towards the Bristol Channel, the village of Holford is in view.
Earthworks at Dowsborough hill fort
  1. ^ "Dowsborough hillfort and associated round barrow, Holford - 1010494 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Dowsborough Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Dowsborough hillfort and associated round barrow, Holford — West Somerset". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.