NPRN94864
Map ReferenceST59NW
Grid ReferenceST5289098980
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMonmouthshire
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityTintern
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
DescriptionBlackcliff Wood camp is located on a steep-sided spur above the Wye Valley. It is an oval enclosure measuring about 72m north-west by south-east by 46m. It is defined by a bank and ditch across the neck of its promontory to the south-west, elsewhere by scarps above steep natural slopes. The enclosure lies within woodland.
Sources:
OS record card ST59NW22.
RCAHMW air photos: 94-CS-1225; 945146/52.
J.Wiles 28.02.03