Norton Camp

• Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset. 
• Scheduled Monument.

Bronze Age enclosure, Iron Age hill fort, Roman enclosure, enclosing approximately 13 acres and defended by a bank and ditch. Had three phases of building.

First constructed during the Bronze Age and defended by a bank and ditch.

43                                 c: Ditch re-cut.

100                               Abandoned.

3^rd – 4^th C                     Roman occupation.

1850                             Mentioned.

1908                             Excavated by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.

1959                             Field Investigation.

1965                             Field Investigation.

1968                             Excavated by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, Somerset County Museum, Taunton.

1970                             Hoard of middle Bronze Age bracelets, palstaves and axe found during excavations.

1970-1971                    Excavated by Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.

1975                             Field Investigation.

1980-1991                    Aerial Photographs.

1981                             Hand axe found on the site.

1989                             Cropmarks of a sub-rectangular enclosure with linear features recorded on the site.

1990                             Aerial Photograph.

1991                             Aerial Photograph.

1994                             Watching Brief.

1994                             Scheduled.