Berry Mound Camp: Danes Camp

Berry Mound Camp.

 

  • Wythall, Worcestershire
  • OSGB – SP 0943 7782
  • Scheduled Monument

 

Oval Iron Age promontory univallate hill fort covering 11 acres and defended by a rampart, ditch and berm with entrances to the north and south. The ramparts measuring between 4-10ft high and the V-shaped ditch 3-4ft deep.

 

1865-1871                   Some of the ramparts destroyed.

19th C                          Known as Danes Camp.

1960                            Excavated by D. Whitehouse.

1988                            Scheduled.

1999                            Management Agreement.

2000                            Geophysical Survey.

2006                            Aerial photograph.

 

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