Backwell Hillfort

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Backwell Hillfort

Somerset

Stancombe Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 6143.jpg
Stancombe Quarry
Type: hill fort
Location
Grid reference: ST504682
Location: 51°24’39"N, 2°42’52"W
Village: Backwell
History
Built Iron Age
Information

Backwell Hillfort is an Iron Age hill fort situated approximately a mile from Backwell in Somerset, in the north of the county, a little to the south-west of Bristol.[1]

The hill fort was first discovered in 1933 with two of the three sides of the fort protected by a large ditch and a bank. In 1956, the site was nearly completely destroyed by quarrying at Stancombe Quarry.[2]

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