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Clatworthy Camp

Hill forts in SomersetScheduled monuments in West SomersetStructures on the Heritage at Risk register in Somerset
West Somerset Clatworthy Reservoir & Woodland (geograph 2867054)
West Somerset Clatworthy Reservoir & Woodland (geograph 2867054)

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. Due to the vulnerability to scrub and tree growth it has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register. The history of the site is unclear but appears to have been used between the Bronze and Iron Ages. 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. The interior has postholes from timber or stone houses and some storage pits. 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.

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West Somerset Clatworthy Reservoir & Woodland (geograph 2867054)
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