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Warham Camp

Warham, GB

Warham Camp

Warham Camp is an Iron Age circular hillfort with a total diameter of 212 metres (232 yards) near Warham, south of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England. It is a scheduled monument dated to between 800BC and 43AD, and a 5.1-hectare (13-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, located w

ithin the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The University of East Anglia has described it as the best-preserved hill fort in Norfolk. First built by the Iceni people centuries before the Roman conquest of Britain, the monument later housed a Roman blacksmith. A section of its bank was partially destroyed in the 18th century rerouting of the River Stiffkey. It has now been the subject of archaeological excavations spanning 90 years. This unimproved chalk grassland site is heavily grazed by rabbits and cattle. It has diverse herb species such as common rock-rose and squinancywort, and butterflies including the chalkhill blue.

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