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Plainsfield Camp

Over Stowey, GB

Plainsfield Camp

Plainsfield Camp (or Park Plantation or Cockercombe Castle) is a possible Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Aisholt in Somerset, England. The so-called hill fort has several features that make it more likely to be an animal enclosure than a defended settlement: single rampart with ditch

simple opening for an entrance situated on the slope of a hill the hill rises over 50 m above the ring the area is only 0.9 hectares (2.2 acres) The case for an enclosure is less clear cut than for Trendle Ring, since Plainsfield is on a spur and does have steep slopes on two sides, making it like a promontory fort, similar to nearby Ruborough. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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