Horse Pool Camp

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Horse Pool Camp
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Location of Horse Pool Camp in Somerset
Location Whitestaunton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 50°52′35″N3°02′43″W / 50.8763°N 3.0453°W / 50.8763; -3.0453 Coordinates: 50°52′35″N3°02′43″W / 50.8763°N 3.0453°W / 50.8763; -3.0453
Built Bronze AgeIron Age
Official name: Croydon Hill

Horse Pool Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort enclosure in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is also known as Whitestaunton Camp. [1]

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humankind. It was preceded by the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. The concept has been mostly applied to Europe and the Ancient Near East, and, by analogy, also to other parts of the Old World.

South Somerset Non-metropolitan district in England

South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

The hill fort is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the village of Whitestaunton, just off the Devon border. The hill fort is an oval univallate that is 300 metres (980 ft) long and 150 metres (490 ft) wide. [2]

Whitestaunton village in the United Kingdom

Whitestaunton is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Northay.

Devon County of England

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. The city of Exeter is the county town. The county includes the districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon. Plymouth and Torbay are each geographically part of Devon, but are administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 and its population is about 1.1 million.

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References

  1. "Whitestaunton Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage . Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "Horse Pool Camp". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council . Retrieved 26 August 2011.