Burgh Walls Camp | |
Native Name: | Bower Walls Camp, Burwalls, or Bowre Walls |
Coordinates: | 51.4519°N -2.6294°W |
Location: | Leigh Woods, Somerset, England |
Built: | Iron Age |
Designation1: | Scheduled Ancient Monument |
Designation1 Number: | 198387 |
Burgh Walls Camp is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated within Leigh Woods approximately north-east from the village of Long Ashton near Bristol, above the banks of the River Avon.[1] The hillfort has some alternative names such as Bower Walls Camp, Burwalls, or Bowre Walls.
Burgh Walls Camp is one of three Iron Age fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge, the others being Stokeleigh Camp and Clifton Camp on the opposite side of the gorge, on Clifton Down near the Observatory.[2]