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Summerhouse Camp

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NPRN94526
Map ReferenceSS96NE
Grid ReferenceSS9947066450
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityLlantwit Major
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
Description
A strongly defended site, set on the E end of a spur between a defile to the N and an eroding cliff-line on the S.
A subrectangular inner enclosure, c.60m WNW-ESE, defined by a bank and ditch, is set within a similar, larger enclosure, c.126m WNW-ESE, defined by triple ramparts and ditches. There is a possible annex, c.52m WNW-ESE, on the E. The whole complex is cut by the E-W cliffs, being from c.82-46m N-S.

Within the outer enclosure is an 18th c. summerhouse (Nprn307481).

(source Os495card; SS96NE16)

RCAHMW AP955145/42

J.Wiles 19.12.02